The mental gymnastics Oiler's fans are doing to justify the trade to themselves is unreal. I will say I dont thin you lost it that bad, as I think both are over rated HARD. I'd be surprised to see Hall break 65 points in NJ while not being very good defensively. He's also a winger which lowers his value vs if he was a C.
Meanwhile they got a #3 D for him, who is going to be played over his head, and most likely set up to fail. However regardless of how terrible he is, there will be fans who will defend them to their death and make every excuse, until they leave the team.
See: Nurse, Reinhart, Gagner, damn near every Oilers player for a while.
SO the game is GF and GA.
with a team needing 1 more GF to beat GA.
last 2 years: 2.13 EVGF/A is league average.
.31 more EVGF needs to be scored to maybe achieve a wild card spot.
2.13 + .31 = 2.44 EVGF
At even
Hall #63 fwd 2.70 EVGF/60
Larsson #1 D 1.52 EVGA/60
Special teams: 6.44 PPGF/A is league average
PP:
Hall #208 Fwd 5.21 PPGF/60
-1.23 GD/60
Larsson N/A
PK:
Larsson #12 D 5.20 PPGA/60
+1.24 GD/60
Hall N/A
HERO is a chart that concentrates on Offence.
The guys generating that are misinforming fans.
It gives false value to offensive Dmen.
GF win games.
It is 1/2 of Goal differential.
of the top 300 goal scorers last year.
27 are Dmen.
those men scored 202G
the other 273 are forwards who scored 3040G
Of the 3242 goals from the top 300 scorers (GF)
3040/3242 93.8% of goals come from forwards.
The hard chart emphasizes the play of men who have almost zero effect on Goal production.
All Dmen need to do is pass the forwards the puck.
As the guy who came up with the analytical concept HSCA.
Dmen can influence 33% of total GA by reducing HSCA shots in a game.
it is quite Funny how many on here provide a view with zero facts.
How many rely on the hero chart as any sort of value measure for a Dman.