{"id":138727,"date":"2023-06-26T15:18:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T19:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=138727"},"modified":"2023-06-26T15:18:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T19:18:05","slug":"taylor-hall-sent-to-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/26\/taylor-hall-sent-to-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Hall Sent to Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Bruins need cap space and moved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=hallta02,hallta01&amp;search=Taylor+Hall&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-26_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taylor Hall<\/a> to get it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full trade, per sources:<\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLBruins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NHLBruins<\/a>: Rights to RFAs Ian Mitchell and Alec Regula.<\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Blackhawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Blackhawks<\/a>: Taylor Hall, rights to UFA Nick Foligno.<\/p>\n<p>No salary retained by Boston, this represents a pure salary dump to clear $6 million off Bruins&#39; books.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/1673407097390657549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Chicago Blackhawks Aquire Taylor Hall<\/h2>\n<p>The Chicago Blackhawks won one lottery this month, securing the first overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft. Now they need someone to play with him. Bringing a high-skill veteran is as good an introduction as any they could find.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means<\/h3>\n<h4>For Chicago<\/h4>\n<p>Connor Bedard is going to play in the NHL this year, and veteran Taylor Hall will be on his wing. The $6 million man waived his no-trade clause to accept a trade to Boston from the Buffalo Sabres two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Hall&#8217;s time in Boston was spent as a depth scorer, and that suited the player and the place. Chicago, on the other hand, doesn&#8217;t have any similar talent for Hall to play behind. This shouldn&#8217;t phase him, as he was &#8220;The Man&#8221; in all his previous stops.<\/p>\n<p>The question is whether he can return to his scoring highs. He was, for much of his career, at or near a point-per-game and the skill is still there. Should he line up with Bedard, don&#8217;t expect any emphasis on defence.<\/p>\n<h3>For Boston<\/h3>\n<p>The Bruins are in a cap crunch &#8211; and a desperate one at that. Their failure in the playoffs last year brought one of the best regular seasons in NHL history to a dramatic close. And after pushing all in for 2022-23, they got beat on the river and need to rebuild their pot.<\/p>\n<p>Boston is facing negotiations to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bertuty01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-26_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Bertuzzi<\/a> and the possible loss of Dmitri Orlov, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bergepa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-26_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrice Bergeron<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/krejcda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-26_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Krejci<\/a>. Replacing those players in free agency is impossible, but even if they go the trade route, good players cost money.<\/p>\n<p>With no salary being retained and such a modest return, this is a pure salary dump for the Bruins. Maybe there&#8217;s some value in the young right-handed defencemen coming back. If so, it&#8217;s because of the rarity of the position.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Bruins need cap space and moved Taylor Hall to get it. Full trade, per sources: To #NHLBruins: Rights to RFAs Ian Mitchell and Alec Regula. To #Blackhawks: Taylor Hall, rights to UFA Nick Foligno. No salary retained by Boston, this represents a pure salary dump to clear $6 million off Bruins&#39; books. &mdash; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3171,"featured_media":138729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,5,4547,4548],"tags":[4756,194],"class_list":["post-138727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blackhawks","category-bruins","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-connor-bedard","tag-taylor-hall"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}