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Peter Chiarelli made one of the biggest splashes – okay, tidal waves – of hockey’s off-season by dealing away star winger Taylor Hall to the New Jersey Devils, receiving defenseman Adam Larsson in return.

Despite being widely criticized for the move, the Edmonton Oilers general manager does not have any regrets about having pulled the trigger.

He was asked by host Bob Stauffer if he had any seller’s remorse over the trade, or if it was simply the cost of doing business to address the weakness on defense.

“Cost of doing business,” Chiarelli noted during an appearance on Edmonton’s 630 CHED Thursday afternoon. “Our fans, once they see Adam, they’ll see what we see in him. Any time you trade a player like Taylor, it’s going to have reverberations throughout the local hockey community through our fan base, and it did.

“But no buyer’s remorse. It’s tough to trade these guys, and as you said, I’ve been involved in these before. I felt comfortable with this. Adam is a good player. A real good player. He’s on the (upswing). As is Taylor, but that position to fill was very, very difficult, and if we overspent a little bit I’m comfortable in doing it and getting Adam Larsson.”

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Is he done shoring up the right side of the Oilers’ defense?

“I’ve had some discussions over the earlier part of the summer,” Chiarelli said. “They kind of quieted out a little bit, and I’ll pick those up at some point in the fall. I would say for the foreseeable future, I’m pretty much done.”

Source: 630 CHED/ Transcript: Nichols

Hall trade like buying $15 arena beer. Don't want to do it. Know it shouldn't cost that much. If you want beer, that's price.#Oilers — Chris Nichols (@NicholsOnHockey) June 30, 2016

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