On June 29, the New Jersey Devils acquired Taylor Hall from the Edmonton Oilers, pulling off what many assumed would be the biggest deal of the offseason.
Turns out, it wasn't even the biggest deal of the day.
Ten minutes later, the Nashville Predators traded their longtime captain, Shea Weber, to the Montreal Canadiens, receiving in return the uber-talented yet inexplicably out-of-favor P.K. Subban. Four years younger and arguably more talented than Weber, Subban was supposed to be the missing piece that would propel Peter Laviolette’s club to the top of the Western Conference.