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Todd McLellan likes what he sees in defenceman Adam Larsson

Edmonton Oilers’ coach Todd McLellan is from the you’ve-gotta-give-to-get school, so as much as it stung badly to trade Taylor Hall a month ago, he knows they sorely needed an infusion of calmness on defence even if they didn’t retrieve a high-end puck-mover.

“We had to make changes and Taylor was the price we had to pay to get a defenceman,” said McLellan, who flew in from his off-season home in Kelowna for Monday’s Mark Spector Golf Classic at The Quarry to raise money for the good folks at Sports Central, which outfits kids with used sports equipment.