HockeyBuzz Hotstove: Hotstove: Should The Oilers Consider Trading Taylor Hall?

HockeyBuzz Hotstove: Hotstove: Should The Oilers Consider Trading Taylor Hall?
- ToddCordellVAN

Yes, because he'd deliver the biggest return.

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- dede36

nope.

from a boston perspective?

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- dede36

I couldn't even do this trade on PlayStation without feeling guilty for raping Edmonton

Well they should consider trading every person on that team....doesn't mean they should get fleeced if they did it though.

Should the Hotstove stop piling on the oilers and talk about something else?

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- dede36

Absolutely not.
They should hang on to him but ship out others. Get what they can for Perron, Yakupov and either RNH or Eberle (if you really want to shake things up). Hall has way too much upside to sell now IMHO.

Should the Hotstove stop piling on the oilers and talk about something else?
- Oilfan19

Yea no one is piling on the Oilers. You may feel that way, but it is a question that needs to be asked.

The Oilers should be open to trading every person on that roster. They may need to tear it all down again.

There is something wrong there, and they need to find the center of it.

Should the Hotstove stop piling on the oilers and talk about something else?
- Oilfan19

Dumpster fires are entertaining.

Man, Oiler fans are going to be so testy on here for the next 6-9 months.

Id look at the James Neal trade for a comparison as to what the Oilers could expect to get for Hall(which isn't good enough to make it worth their while) Regardless of what people think about his on ice antics, James Neal is an elite goal scorer. He fetched a good winger and a middling to below average winger. A bad, bad return for a guy that is a sniper like Hall through and through. I think one issue is that wingers are the least difficult position to replace in the NHL. Elite Centers and top dmen are players rarely any team trades. An elite center can make even an average winger very good. Hall in all likelihood will not pull in an established top pairing dman. He probably wont pull in a very good second line center either, at least from a team that has a shot of winning the cup. In which case it's better for the Oilers to just hang on to him. He's still very young and they have decent prospects that could start a turn around in a couple of years.

It doesnt seem like trading a star ever works out for the team losing the star...the closest i can find would be Jeff Carter for Voracek and Couturier and Mike Richards for Simmonds and Schenn.

And neither Carter nor Richards are on a level with Hall. I honestly cant think of a team that would part with the pieces necessary to make that deal.

Yea no one is piling on the Oilers. You may feel that way, but it is a question that needs to be asked.

The Oilers should be open to trading every person on that roster. They may need to tear it all down again.

There is something wrong there, and they need to find the center of it.
- ImThatGuy

Your name says it all.

Dumpster fires are entertaining.
- mlindsay

Well they should consider trading every person on that team....doesn't mean they should get fleeced if they did it though.
- The-O-G

Of course not. The Oilers would have top get at least 1 roster, 2 good prospects and a 1st round pick.

Id look at the James Neal trade for a comparison as to what the Oilers could expect to get for Hall(which isn't good enough to make it worth their while) Regardless of what people think about his on ice antics, James Neal is an elite goal scorer. He fetched a good winger and a middling to below average winger. A bad, bad return for a guy that is a sniper like Hall through and through. I think one issue is that wingers are the least difficult position to replace in the NHL. Elite Centers and top dmen are players rarely any team trades. An elite center can make even an average winger very good. Hall in all likelihood will not pull in an established top pairing dman. He probably wont pull in a very good second line center either, at least from a team that has a shot of winning the cup. In which case it's better for the Oilers to just hang on to him. He's still very young and they have decent prospects that could start a turn around in a couple of years.
- mnhockeyguy

I dont think Neal and Hall are even remotely comparable - halls putting up elite numbers on Edmonton not playing with Malkin and Crosby.

Should the Hotstove stop piling on the oilers and talk about something else?
- Oilfan19

no ek needs to pay for all his christmas gifts, oiler talk brings the hits
Im waiting for the Flyers are interested in Hall blog

Man, Oiler fans are going to be so testy on here for the next 6-9 years.
- eichiefs9

I agree

yes..at the draft...and end up #1 and #2 pick

- DDM-Coga

Graffiti is getting weirder and weirder these days...

I agree
- Oilfan19

yes..at the draft...and end up #1 and #2 pick
- fernie

Nobody is trading either the #1 or the #2 pick for Taylor Hall.

Yea no one is piling on the Oilers. You may feel that way, but it is a question that needs to be asked.

The Oilers should be open to trading every person on that roster. They may need to tear it all down again.

There is something wrong there, and they need to find the center of it.
- ImThatGuy

Its our backwards management.. It's no secret. Trade everyone like the nordiques. Let's move along now.