Edmonton Oilers fans are having a hard time letting go.
I get it.
On an intellectual level, the trade of Taylor Hall represents something of an anathema to those who consider the old “acquire good players, keep good players” mantra the gospel of building an NHL team. And on an emotional level, Hall (when he was drafted) is the thrilling, gifted star who represented everything that the Edmonton Oilers franchise was about to (and should have, dammit) become.
I have time for both arguments. The former was a basic of the Strat-o-Matic baseball game I used to challenge my brothers to as a kid.