McKenzie thinks Oilers are "entertaining the notion" of trading Hall
/Bob McKenzie was on NBCSN's NHL Live on Wednesday evening.
On if momentum is starting to build that Taylor Hall could possibly be on the move:
“Maybe a little bit. I don’t think the Edmonton Oilers are committed to trading Taylor Hall. They’re certainly not shopping Taylor Hall. But because of the season the Edmonton Oilers have had, they, right to the top, the hierarchy there, they’ve gone through a real extensive decision-making process. ‘Who do we want to keep? Who do we want to move? Do we want to move a core player like Taylor Hall?’
“I don’t think they’ve come to a final conclusion on that. But I do believe there are teams calling the Edmonton Oilers saying, ‘Hey, would you consider trading Taylor Hall?’ And those teams haven’t been told, ‘Not a chance in the world.’
“So at this point in time, they’re not fully committed to trading a core player like Taylor Hall, but I think they’re at least entertaining the notion of it. My guess is, if it were to happen, it’d be much more likely to happen in the summer than the deadline. But again, not guaranteed that it will happen at all.”
Source: NBCSN/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey
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