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

[Suddenly Zyuzin]

Its actually pretty incredible how many people on this forum say stuff about their team with absolute certainty (Larsson cannot and WILL NOT be traded for anyone straight up! Not possible!!!" when everyone really has zero connection, zero involvement and zero clue as to what the people actually in power are thinking and doing.

 

[HanSolo]

You'd think with a supposedly competent GM stuff like this wouldn't happen anymore. And yet...

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

im assuming Chiarelli has a verbal agreement wth Lucic to sign? that's the only reason what so ever that I can make sense of this...

maybe Lucic sees this and sees that Chia is still making terrible trades and decides to go in another direction now

 

[crowi]

Well, at least EDM is trying to fix what is wrong. The price is insane, though.

Blows my mind.

 

[Liminality]

The oilers got themselves a heck of defensemen who is only 22, and will give them a minimum of 25 minutes a game. Good luck Adam.

Isn't Larsson 23 and turning 24 this year in November?

 

[GWNR]

I'm happy with it. Larsson is a good defenseman. Oilers will be even more happy when they sign lucic and demers July 1st. And yes they'll have cap space. They can always buy out useless assets and get rid of assets during expansion draft

Well they definitely have a lot of useless "assets"

 

[OilTastic]

The oilers got themselves a heck of defensemen who is only 22, and will give them a minimum of 25 minutes a game. Good luck Adam.

nice to hear some logic on these boards instead of the inevitable trolling.

 

[La Bamba]

This is so bad...

 

[WesMcCauley]

When will people stop calling Larson a 3-4 guy? Doesn't it tell you something when Devils fans are not completely jumping for joy right now?

18 points and his hero chart he is at best a top 4. Ye he isnt anything more than a 3-4 guy. Im not only basing it on the chart and points. Ive watched NJ and Edm alot. Hall is so much better anyone trying to say its a pretty fair deal cant be serious

 

[Jeremy2020]

Ladies and Gentlemen, in an a model of innovation, the Edmonton Oilers are proud to host guest GM for a day, Jim Benning.

:Sometime Later:

Whoa, whoa, what the **** is he doing? The Edmonton Oilers would like to announce the immediate termination of the Guest GM initiative.

 

[Plub]

Oilers fans should be thrilled. Larsson with Sekera will be a great pair. Or Larsson with Klefbom is good too on the PP.

Larsson will lift the Oilers PK unit tremendously.

Oilers became a better team. Maybe a playoff team this year if Puljujarvi is a stud and their top lines stay healthy. Defensively they're just really significantly better now.

Larsson on the pp? He has no offense.

 

[IslesNorway]

Oilers fans must be killing themselves right now. Larsson is good, but seriously is that all it took??

 

[Steven1562]

Worst trade ever for Edmonton. Larsson isn't even close to Hall's value. Chiarelli has done it again

 

[Major Happy*]

This is one of the worst trades I've ever seen. They could've gotten Larsson for RNH.

Apparently not, lol

 

[Johnny McBravo]

Hahahahah chia, all hope I had for you thrown out the ****ing window

 

[Ranksu]

Done deal now. Hall for Larsson.

Remember when Edmonton fans thought they would get Hall <-> Pietro
Hope they understand now what is value of top dmen.

 

[Gritty]

Can't wait to re-read all the previous "Taylor Hall value threads" by oiler fans. This is too good to be true!

 

[bauer]

A lot of people are underselling Larsson here.... he's a decent middle pairing guy right now with a lot of room to grow, he's young and signed to a pretty cheap deal.

Hall is the cost right now for a player like that.... that's just the market.

no it's not. middle pairing D don't land you one of the top 5 best LW in the game. if that were true then the Flyers should be able to get McDavid for Provorov. cause he's gonna be lightyears better than Larsson.

 

[McFlyingV]

This post needs to be inducted in the HFB hall of fame

He likely just copied bizznasty's twitter post tbh. Its also the same joke thats been used for every single Benning trade that people have crapped on.

 

[sabresfan129103]

This one will sting on both sides, so you know the value was fair.

 

[Hine82]

Larsson was a +15 last season on a team that didn't make the playoffs. He is only 23 years old. People need to look beyond Hall's point totals, this is not a terrible deal.

Jake Mccabe was a +7 on an even worse Buffalo team. Should probably be trading him for Jamie Benn...

 

[pman25]

I don't think people are underselling Larsson. He is what he is. A middle pair defender who has yet to perform to his draft status.

Taylor Hall should return a much better player than Larsson.

 

[LetsGoBLUES91]

How in the living hell do we not beat that?

 

[Del Preston]

 

[AvsGuy]

I think the wrong player is being overrated here - Taylor Hall is great, but if you can't think of 10 wingers in the NHL better than him, you're not trying hard enough. He's top 5 at his position, at best. He's fast and talented, and the Oilers already have plenty of that.

I'm surprised that they couldn't find a more established defenseman to pursue than Adam Larsson, but his worth and Hall's are pretty much on par - this isn't all that different a trade than Johansen for Jones, and I bet it benefits Edmonton in the end. Nice acquisition by the Devils as well.