5 Ways To Get Over The Taylor Hall Trade

It’s been just under a week since the most devastating Oiler trade since Ryan Smyth. How are you guys doing? Judging by comments on the website and on Twitter I can tell some people are still upset, some people are coming around, and some people have always been okay with what went down. Thankfully, I’m not here to talk about how bad the trade was, I’m here to help those that are still feeling slighted as a result of the trade. I’m here to cure your sorrows, and make you smile. Here are five ways to get over the Taylor Hall trade.

Besides, if Taylor Hall never existed, and an outsider was looking at our top three lines with an objective attitude, the lineup still looks decently-pretty-good, in my opinion. Take a look for yourself:

Sure there may be some work to do, and experience to gain, but it’s not THAT bad overall. If we never had Taylor Hall from the beginning, we would never know what we’ll be missing out on. If this was our lineup from the beginning, I would be alright with it. Would you?

They say the best way to get over a break-up is to keep yourself distracted. I think that advice is appropriate for this situation as well. Upset that Taylor Hall got traded for Adam Larsson? Start a puzzle! Too cool for puzzles? Become a rollercoaster enthusiast. Rollercoasters too much? Start a habit of photobombing news reporters with NationGear on.

There are literally millions of things out there we could be doing instead of talking about the trade. You just have to find something that suits you, is relatively healthy, not illegal, and we’ll all be able to get through this. 

This was Intern Kyla’s idea. If you saw her at the draft party then you would know why it’s so funny. As Oiler fans, we should be used to relying on alcohol to solve our problems. After the last ten years, I’m positive that many of us have used alcohol to numb the pain. It goes without saying that there’s been a lot of pain.

While Connor McDavid and Milan Lucic can make a lot of people very happy, dreaming of those two playing side by side next year may not be enough to make some feel better about the trade. In comes alcohol, which is always destined to do the trick. If you drink enough, you can completely forget that the day of June 29, 2016 ever existed. Better yet, if you drink enough, you may forget that Taylor Hall ever existed too!

Who needs hockey anyways? If you’re really that butt-hurt about losing Taylor Hall why not try watching a different sport to get your mind off of things? I hear the Cleveland Browns are looking for fans! The Iceland soccer club did pretty well at the Euro Cup, maybe you should follow them for the rest of the summer?  

We probably don’t even realize how much other sports around the world help take our mind off bad things happening in our own sports we love. For now, let’s relish on the fact that Kevin Durant will be playing with Golden State next year, and forget about Taylor Hall. 

This week the boys wax poetic about the loss of Taylor Hall, how much they dislike the Taylor Hall trade, what they’re going to miss about Taylor Hall and Chris The Intern gives his advice on how to forget Taylor Hall (plus a bit of Adam Larsson talk too) before a Taylor Hall heavy edition of #AskTheIdiots. Taylor Hall. 

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