Confirmed Trade: [NJD/EDM] Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson ‎- Part 2

[Baemon Severson*]

This is the kind of move that speeds up rebuilds. Devils got a star for a good player, but a defensive dman with average offensive skills. Shero crushed it

 

[AMDZen]

Just when you think Edmonton might be getting their heads out of their *****. Nope. Finally trade one of a glut of forwards for a dman and it's for this dude? Lol

Edmonton is a joke

 

[Mr Positive]

Chiarelli blew it. He got stupid, and desperate, and blew an elite player out for a good defenseman. Poor value. Hall never quit on a team that hung him out to dry for years, and now chia quit on Hall. He's everything an Oiler should be and now he's gone. FU Chiarelli and FU Eberle for eating up the cap space to keep Hall, while mailing it in.

We didn't trade Hall because of cap space. We needed a defenseman

 

[Kurt Cobain]

Maybe, maybe. I remember NJD fans wanting to get rid of this kid for next to nothing a year ago.

More like two or three years ago.

 

[nickschultzfan]

Defenseman > Winger
Younger > Older

Hall has 3 elite seasons left and then probably 3 more good season of high offensive production.

Larsson will be on the Oilers right side top-4 for the next decade.

This deal is a lot closer than some think.

 

[Volica]

Man Larsson sounded so sad in that Radio Interview..

Im gonna miss him man

To be fair, he is going to Edmonton, although on the flip side, he's leaving Jersey.

He's likely bummed out because they told him he was going out West, and he thought he'd be in shorts and flipflops all year

Jokes.

People hate this trade in Edmonton, but you know what, they got better today. Not sure how many one dimensional scoring forwards a team can have before it does nothing for the team. Clearly Eberle has little value in the league, so I think their only major trade chip was like Hall, Draisaitl and the 4th before they used it.

If Edmonton goes out and gives Lucic and Demers a contract, they'll be a significantly better team than they were last year. I can guarantee that; Larsson, Sekera, Demers and Klefbom actually looks like an NHL top 4.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

New Jersey fan's will be happy to have Hall. That said everyone pooping on the deal is ignoring what the fans in Jersey are saying. Edmonton just got a top pairing RD with an excellent cap hit.

 

[MikeModano9]

Defenseman > Winger
Younger > Older

Hall has 3 elite seasons left and then probably 3 more good season of high offensive production.

Larsson will be on the Oilers right side top-4 for the next decade.

This deal is a lot closer than some think.

Can I have the lotto numbers really while you're at it? No way you spin it we got hosed. Worst then the Pronger trade.

 

[Paradoc]

Reinhart trade 2.0 except Larsson will be good but not elite. What a trade by New Jersey.

 

[ZeHockeyFan]

Value-wise, this isn't good for the Oilers. Not sure if Larsson is quite the the go-to guy for their defensive issues as things are right now. Maybe he could be the Oilers' no.1 guy in the future? Right now I only see Chiarelli saving somewhere around $1.85M in cap-space with this trade. Hall was very productive for a very bad Oilers squad and will provide much needed scoring for NJ's somewhat underwhelming forward corps. Right now it's a win for NJ.

 

[The List Of Jericho]

Why wouldnt the Isles do that? Hamonic wanted to be traded plus the duo of Tavares-Hall would be so deadly... They wouldnt miss Okposo at all.

Exactly, that would have been solid value for Hamonic months ago

 

[GirardSpinorama]

To be fair, he is going to Edmonton, although on the flip side, he's leaving Jersey.

He's likely bummed out because they told him he was going out West, and he thought he'd be in shorts and flipflops all year

Jokes.

People hate this trade in Edmonton, but you know what, they got better today. Not sure how many one dimensional scoring forwards a team can have before it does nothing for the team. Clearly Eberle has little value in the league, so I think their only major trade chip was like Hall, Draisaitl and the 4th before they used it.

If Edmonton goes out and gives Lucic and Demers a contract, they'll be a significantly better team than they were last year. I can guarantee that; Larsson, Sekera, Demers and Klefbom actually looks like an NHL top 4.

That looks like a super solid d.

 

[TRask]

Defenseman > Winger
Younger > Older

Hall has 3 elite seasons left and then probably 3 more good season of high offensive production.

Larsson will be on the Oilers right side top-4 for the next decade.

This deal is a lot closer than some think.

U make it sound like theres a huge difference age wise...
U do realize Hall is 24 and Larsson is 23?

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Interesting to say the least. Edmonton got screwed a bit, but it's not all bad. Larsson could still end up a really good defenseman, and as he is now he's better than anyone they've got.

I guess Oscar Klefbom doesn't exist.

 

[member 202355]

The Isles are stupid for not offering up Hamonic for Hall.

 

[exporta]

Defenseman > Winger
Younger > Older

Hall has 3 elite seasons left and then probably 3 more good season of high offensive production.

Larsson will be on the Oilers right side top-4 for the next decade.

This deal is a lot closer than some think.

Glad I am not the only one that sees this. If they get Lucic, this is a major win for Edmonton. They will be a much better team after those moves.

 

[Fazkovsky]

I wish bergevin woud fleece Pulju from chiarelli now

I thought it wasnt possible but now....

 

[Classic Devil]

Larsson is so underrated.

 

[Leafs87]

Good for NJ. Wow what a day

 

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

Defenseman > Winger
Younger > Older

Hall has 3 elite seasons left and then probably 3 more good season of high offensive production.

Larsson will be on the Oilers right side top-4 for the next decade.

This deal is a lot closer than some think.

That's if you're comparing a 1st line winger to a 1st line dman.

In this case it's more like comparing a star 1st line winger vs a 2nd pairing defenceman. I like Larsson, but this is a brutal trade.

 

[IHaveNoCreativity]

The top 5 picks from the 2010 draft have all been traded... Kinda weird

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Classic HF, tell Oilers nobody will trade a #1 defenceman for Taylor Hall. Trade him for a #2 and everyone says should have gotten a #1. Good times

 

[Plub]

New Jersey fan's will be happy to have Hall. That said everyone pooping on the deal is ignoring what the fans in Jersey are saying. Edmonton just got a top pairing RD with an excellent cap hit.

No they didn't. He isn't a true top pairing D. He's a solid third. He has no offense and he isn't dynamic. He will not make a significant difference as EDM needed someone that was awesome in transition and solid defensively. They did not get that, but they gave up a lot.

Larsson is incredibly underwhelming.

 

[PsYcNeT]

Addition by subtraction for the Oilers. Marginal win by New Jersey.

 

[mydnyte]

This might be the worst straight up deal in NHL history. Anyone got a worse one?

Rask for Raycroft was way worse