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

[Sonofamitch]

You'd think they could of gotten a better D with Hall on the table.

 

[BHD]

Shero still has the magic touch for trades.

 

[hawksrule]

I like this for both sides.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

Did Taylor Hall want to be traded out East perhaps?

 

[thepuckmonster]

I'm sorry Edmonton fans.

As a Canuck fan I'm a hell of a lot happier for the Gudbranson trade price than I was 2 hours ago.

 

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

Bad trade for Edmonton. I'd want a legit top pair defenceman in exchange for Hall, and I'm not sure you can call Larsson that.

 

[SanBlom]

How can the league even approve this??? Can GM's complain to the league and veto anything??

I'm in shock.

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

What happened to all the Hall will fetch so much more???

Apparently Oilers fans have a crystal ball and see Larsson as a perennial Norris winner, hope their right for their sake. At this moment, this goes down as one of the worst trades in the last decade.

 

[Gabe Kupari]

Character issues at play here with Hall? Who knows. seems like an overpay unless something was going on behind the scenes with Hall that oiler management weren't fans of.

Makes you wonder a little bit..

 

[ShatteredGlass]

I hate it when stupid Western teams trade good players to teams in our division...

 

[thekernel]

Oilers overpaid, but this is the kind of move they had to make. They had to lose out to get a good defender....I just always thought Hall wasn't the piece that would move. That said, Larsson's potential needs to be realized for this to work for Edmonton.

 

[Not Sure]

Did Chia owe Jersey something from back in his Boston days? There would have been at least 10 teams offering more imo.

 

[CodeE]

I wonder what the Islanders offered? It would have included Hamonic and while Larrson is better, I would have taken the Hamonic+++

Are we still pretending that we needed to add a +++ to Hamonic to get Larsson?

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Some people learn from history. Chiarelli does not.

 

[Mr Positive]

I wonder what the Islanders offered? It would have included Hamonic and while Larrson is better, I would have taken the Hamonic+++

I wouldn't. The Oilers only have trade value, and no success. Pay more to get the player you want. Hamonic vs Larsson is an interesting debate though. Larsson's ceiling is definitely higher.


Also, I like this trade better than the Kessel trade. It's definitely not the worst trade in NHL history at all. Not even the worst 1 for 1 trade. I would argue the other trade today was worse for value's sake.

 

[Beacon]

Worst trade in the past decade

Maybe I'm forgetting something, but I'm having a hard time thinking of a worse trade. Maybe Gomez for McDonagh, but at least at the time McDonagh was just a prospect who was having a bad year, so he was seen as high risk to never make the NHL. In terms of established players, Larsson for Hall seems like the worst trade in decades.

 

[RobertR]

over or under, for guys who are screaming this is a robbery, that they saw Larsson play more than 5 games? (not all Larssons, just this one)

 

[Andre Palot]

Hall is an elite winger.

Larsson is not an elite defensemen.

Nice trade for the Devils.

Hall is a one dimensional winger with attitude issues .

Am I the only Devils fan not happy?

 

[OilTastic]

Salivating at a Klefbom-Larsson pairing.

It's not amazing value for Hall, but we needed a young Dman, and Larsson is a good one. Klefbom was on the cusp of being a #2 Dman before he got injured, and I'm convinced he's establish himself this season. Larsson had amazing advanced stats last season, and we'll finally have a top pairing next season. FINALLY. Moving Hall is worth having a top pairing.

Love that Gregor is ripping the org on the radio, though, regarding keeping Lowe, Howson, and the other bunch of losers for YEARS -- and that is ALL on the owner, Katz, who is a ****ing joke. LONG LONG overdue that someone ripped them on the radio. Lowe should've been fired a LONG time ago, and he's not the only one. Katz is the only moron that would keep these jokers for so long, and they are STILL employed. What a joke.

^yup just listened to that myself and he's right. if Lowe is on the business side of things and has nothing to do with the hockey end of it then that's fine, but why are MacT, Howson and Buchy still here?? "to earn the rest of their contracts" sure, but they all should go now!!

 

[RatedR]

Can't believe that's all it took for hall

 

[Zarzh]

Sucks it couldn't be Nuge. But better than Nuge for Brodin.

 

[Lord Moriarty007]

This might be one of the worst days in history for Canadian NHL teams.

 

[journeyman79]

This is a brutal trade, and I agree one of the worst that I can remember. But honestly who didn't see this coming? You can't have that many forwards drafted in the top 5 and realistically expect you're gonna get full value for each one.

 

[seguino]

Larsson isn't a beast. Solid, nothing special.

Forwards are always shinier toys. Slight overpay by Oil but were probably getting Lucic for nothing. last year, a signed Lucic and Larsson at 4mill for Hall? ummm yeah.

 

[KGL]

Hahaha what a hilariously bad trade for Edmonton. Absolutely awful.

Incredible trade for Jersey. No idea what the Oilers were thinking, they deserve to be terrible forever.