Gotta figure Shattenkirk wouldn't extend with Edmonton.
The rumors were that the Blues requested Hall in a Shatty deal and it didn't go anywhere. There's no world whereby Larsson is a better player than Kevin Shattenkirk so something else had to have been what scuttled that deal.
Suddenly that 'ridiculous' Larkin for Shattenkirk rumor seems oddly manageable. I'd have said that Larkin was way too much to give up for 22 prior to this deal but if Larsson gets you Hall, Shattenkirk gets you pretty damn close to Larkin.
Or hell, maybe Stamkos back to TB means that Shattenkirk for Drouin could be looked at again. I'd make that move 1 for 1.
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