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Originally Posted by devo22
Brayden Schenn is a center (so more important/higher regarded than a winger) and also outscoring Hall this season. Reinhart is one of the best/highest thought of D prospects in the whole league, and while Killorn might be a #3 C in Tampa (behind Stamkos and Johnson, who are both fantastic ... and there's also Filppula), he'd surely be a top 6 center in Edmonton. EASILY.
Seriously, I think you overvalue Hall and the interest he'll get around the league quite a bit. He's bad/lazy defensively, he's now rumoured to be a locker room cancer and after all, he's a winger. Center and defensemen > wingers, it's really that simple. Taylor Hall is not going to return them a Seth Jones type of player, and he's not going to return a combo of 2 young good centermen (like you suggested "Schenn + Couturier"). I'd be shocked if the Oilers could trade him for more than a #2 center and a 2nd pairing D, but hey, we'll see.
Also, Palat-Johnson-Kucherov is one of the most balanced and defensively responsible lines in the whole NHL. They have unreal chemistry, spend a lot of time on the PK and also produce a lot of offense. It's almost like Tampa has two 1st lines now. And frankly, I'm sure Yzerman wouldn't trade a single one of those guys straight up for Hall, simply because they all play a 200 ft game and have awesome chemistry. Plus Palat and Johnson have just signed really cheap 3 year deals. They are going nowhere.
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Schenn hasn't been a center for a few years now, he usually plays on the wing with Giroux and Voracek, so I think it's fair to say he might be racking up more points then usual due to playing with those two.
Where is he rumoured to be a locker room cancer? At one time Olli Jokinen was also rumoured to be a cancer, a rumour is a rumour, and if your source is Dreger, that's basically an Eklund level rumour.
He absolutely will get a big return if traded, much MUCH bigger then players like Killorn and Matt Carle. But I never said he would, I'm strictly speaking on what his value is, and that is a lot. If he does he dealt it'll be something along the lines of Strome + Reinhart with another small piece.
If the Oilers were to trade him for a #2 center and a 2nd pairing Dman that would be a gigantic robbery by the other team.