All h**l Broke Loose As P.K. Subban And Taylor Hall Were Traded In One Of The Craziest Days In NHL History

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Wednesday afternoon was an absolutely wild one for the hockey world, as some of the leagueselite names were involved in some major deals just prior to the opening of free agency later this week.

First, after years of will they or wont they, the Oilers finally traded Taylor Hall. It was not worth the wait for Edmonton fans.

The 24-year-old left winger and former top overall pick was dealt to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for defenseman Adam Larsson and nothing else. Seriously, thats it. A one-for-one deal.

From what I understand this is a one for one deal @hallsy04 for Adam Larsson..

Gene Principe (@GenePrincipe) June 29, 2016

Sure, the Oilers have a plethora of young offensive talent that tends to happen when you win the draft lottery every year and keeppicking forwards and desperately need defense.

But, with that being said, this trade is absolutely horrendous. As a Bruins fan, I knowa bad trade when I see one. (On that note, its worth recognizingthat current Oilers and former Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli has now traded both the No. 1 and No. 2 overall picks from the 2010 draft, and gotten fleeced on both of them.)

Hall is one of the leagues bestwingers on the left side, with 132 goals and 328 points in just 381 games played. Again, hes still 24 years old. Hes an elite talent. Larsson is a fine 23-year-old blue-linerwith what is likely a bright future ahead of him, but hes not great. Not yet, anyway. He plays solid defense and has point totals of 18/6/3/24/18 in five NHL seasons.

When you trade elite talent away, you should be getting elite talent or a massive package of assets in return. The Oilers got neither.

Then, in a second major movea short time later, the Canadiens traded their franchise defenseman, P.K. Subban, to the Nashville Predators for Shea Weber. For those keeping track at home, thats twoatrocious one-for-one swaps in less than an hour that left hockey fansshaking their heads.

Source: http://uproxx.com/sports/pk-subban-taylor-hall-shea-weber-traded-steven-stamkos-crazy-nhl-day/