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Video- Two Different Views On The Return For Taylor Hall

12/18/2019 at 9:12pm EST

via Sportsnet,

Brian Burke explains why the steep price has him puzzled about the Taylor Hall trade.

Below, Michael Traikos of the National Post with a different view...

Once the jokes were made that this wasn’t a one-for-one trade, the immediate reaction following the long-awaited deal that sent Taylor Hall from New Jersey to Arizona on Monday was universal.

That’s it? That’s all the Devils got for a Hart Trophy winner? A couple of draft picks and some middling prospects?

While the Oilers have spent the past several years getting criticized for how little they received for Hall when they dealt him to the Devils in exchange for Adam Larsson, at least they got someone who had been selected third overall in the draft and at the time was considered a top-pairing defenceman with plenty of room to grow.

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