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Originally Posted by Hackey
You don't need to be privy to the same information as GMS to know where you personally see his value. I'm not asking you to guess the exact value or trade, just curious to see where exactly you see his value since you have such a strong opinion of where it is not.
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Fine. I hate doing trade proposals so I'll be as general as possible.
I also dont want to try and think too much like the idiots up north because if I get into that frame of mind my business will start to fail and I'll have to go back to fighting hobos for cheese sandwiches to feed my family.
Assuming they've identified their needs as: centre and defence.
Taylor Hall should probably return a young, but established NHL centre that is currently playing on some deep team's 2nd or 3rd line but is trending upward, a prospect that may or may not be in the NHL but is projected as a top 4 defenceman, but likely in the 2/3 role more than the 1/2 role. And likely a second or third round pick.
But you can juggle all that. You get a slightly inferior centre then maybe that pick becomes a first or if the defensive prospect is a legit blue-chipper you cement the pick at a 3rd or if hes a proven defenceman you lose the pick altogether.
Thats what I see, which is why I believe they should be actively trying to move him. Because no matter how many points Hall scores, they're irrelevant. Last season he had 80 points and the Oilers still finished in 28th.
Take all that with a grain of salt because I dont know where the Oilers' priorities are other than 'not looking like idiots.'
And I'll tell you what my friends...that ship has sailed. Long, long ago.