Edmonton Oilers: Did anyone win the Hall-Larsson trade?

As far as I’m concerned, both teams lost this trade.

Larsson played in Edmonton longer than Hall played in New Jersey. New Jersey traded Hall so they have assets to show for his time with them, however those assets are picks and prospects which in the short term will not help them. Give them two or three seasons and they might see something there, but for now they will do nothing. Of course the Oilers lost Larsson for nothing in free agency, but that was for reasons outside of their control.

Both players were hampered by injuries but Larsson much less so than Hall. Hall’s dropoff in performance after his Hart trophy winning season was huge.

In my eyes, though, the important thing now is neither player is on the team they were traded to anymore.

If anything, the ultimate winners of this trade were the two teams that weren’t involved in it, the Seattle Kraken and Boston Bruins, where the two players are slated to play starting this upcoming season.

Let’s see what you have to say about it – no doubt at least one troll will show up in the comments section and make some obnoxious, ignorant statement.