I think a very good comparable for Taylor Hall in terms of trade value, age, potential, etc... is Dion Phaneuf.
Sometimes you need to make a bad deal to make your team better (as contradictory as that sounds). Phaneuf is a better player than Stajan, but moving Phaneuf got a disruption out of the locker room and arguably opened up cap and roster space for Gio and Brodie to step up in the years to come.
Even though its arguably a step down in terms of talent, I think I straight up Hall for Shattenkirk, Josi, etc.. level player would be a good longterm deal for the Oilers.
This said, I don't think Taylor Hall will moved. It was bad enough that the Oilers have traded away their first wave of the rebuild (Gagner, Cogliano). I don't think their current management has the balls to do it again.
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