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This just in, Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli on SiriusXM NHL Network, talking about how he deals with the intense criticism that comes after trading a player like Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson.

“I just know it’s going to come,” Chiarelli says of the criticism. “You get just get a thick skin and you trust your judgement and make the decisions. And you stick by them. A lot of thought goes into these decisions. I knew I was going to get hammered. The Edmonton fans, they don’t know this player. They don’t know Adam Larsson as a player. They don’t know what he projects to be. And then they know Taylor. So you kind of knew there was going to be some backlash. And to a certain degree it is justifiable because of the stature Taylor had in Edmonton and the time in the league and what he’s done.

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“It’s a tough business. Whatever you do social media is going to criticize you. Whatever you do. It’s like talk radio and it’s a really public forum — and you don’t look at it basically.”