CP has been saying for months (correctly) that Edmonton will need to lose a trade before they can get better. Well, here it is.
Adam Larsson isn't worth Taylor Hall. But losing Hall is addition by subtraction. In his conference call, Hallsy expressed dismay because he felt he was a good soldier who did everything he could to help the team win.
If that were true, he would have tried to learn to play defense. He doesn't get it and Edmonton first step back to respectability had to involve trading Taylor Hall.
Connor McDavid has not been a loser his entire career. As soon as he was drafted, Hall tweeted 'dont try and ruin everything we've built'. Whether that's a joke or not, a guy wearing a letter on his shoulder should not be thinking that, much less tweeting about it for all the world to see.
A player like McDavid doesn't tolerate that sort of attitude, and I would guess he's the happiest to see Hall go.
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