The trade is not as bad as it is made out to be for Edmonton. There was no chance they, or anybody for that matter, could trade a winger for a #1 d-man. The only way you are getting back a #1 d-man through trade is dealing a #1 center or #1 d-man for another #1 d-man.
Oilers put themselves in a hole and if they thought the rest of the league was going to help them out of it, then i don't know what to say. The return could have been better if they traded Hall last summer.
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