The Oilers were planning to trade Hall elsewhere!

Was the other trade offer better?

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The Oilers were planning to trade Hall elsewhere!
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Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli has been on the hot seat this season, especially now that his team is four points out of the last Wild Card spot, and only 29th overall in the NHL. Fans are not happy about this. 

But, fans could have been even more frustrated with the general manager as recent reports have revealed that top forward Taylor Hall could have been traded elsewhere. The deal that sent him to the New Jersey Devils for Adam Larsson in late June of 2016 have fans outraged, but the other destination and offer might have cause more frustration. 

NHL insider Darren Dreger dropped the bombshell during a Thursday radio hit on Edmonton’s TSN 1260 when he revealed that the Oilers were looking to send Hall to the Ottawa Senators. 

"These two clubs came real close to making a pretty big trade not that long ago and just couldn’t get it done, and that trade was Taylor Hall for I think they finally got to a place where Ottawa was willing to consider Cody Ceci – so it would have been Hall for Ceci – but had to be cleared in Ottawa through ownership. And before they could get clearance, Hall got traded to New Jersey for Larsson. 

“So I don’t know that these two teams are best suited to make a deal, but I know that Peter Chiarelli should and does have some interest in Mike Hoffman.”

Now the pulling of the plug on the Hall deal might prevent the Oilers from landing Hoffman, but fans will surely be happy to know that it looks Chiarelli took the better deal by taking the offer from the Devils. 

What do you think of the decision? 

Source: TSN