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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
You've gotten a little bit of pushback on this, but I think it's worth stating. Hall is a very good LW, but outside of his one season, there's nothing that screams "best of the best."
Marchand and Panarin are elite. Ovechkin is an elite LW or at least still in that conversation thanks to his ability to dominate a game and the fact that he's absolutely still an elite goal-scorer. Hall is offence-only and benefitted greatly in his Hart trophy season by being the only real option NJ had.
Hall is a good player, a great LW, but imo a downgrade on Gaudreau and nowhere close to the truly elite LW like Marchand, Panarin, and Ovechkin. I'm fine with getting Hall because the foregone conclusion is that we're going to lose Gaudreau, but I hope nobody thinks it's a real upgrade on the position. The upgrade is strictly from the assets that could be gained in trading Gaudreau. Hell, even Tkachuk has been a better LW over the last couple seasons. He's closer to elite than Hall is.
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Agree with you here. I wouldn't mind getting Hall and rolling with him and Gaudreau next season and then moving Gaudreau in the summer (if it's 100% decided that he won't be signing)