1 Year Deal For Taylor Hall

Created by: AnalyticsGeek

Team: 2020-21 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 11, 2020

Published: Sep. 11, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

I know that not a lot of people like him or rate him, but I believe the Penguins should take a shot at Taylor Hall if they clear enough cap space this offseason. For me, he is a top 5 LW alongside Ovechkin, Panarin, Marchand and Gaudreau based on performances over the past 3 seasons. Obviously this season was a down year by his standards, he still drove offence at an elite level but his defensive play was horrendous. Generally he’s known to be a possession monster who generates a very high amount of shot attempts and chances while his expected goals against ranks in the top 30 percent amongst forwards. He is extremely fast, physical and was scoring at a 90 point rate in 2 of the last 3 seasons despite playing on weak teams. In order to sign him, they’ll need to move Bjugstad, Johnson and Hornqvist which may be difficult to accomplish, but I made a hypothetical lineup below of this scenario:

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Simon, Dominik	2	$1,500,000
McCann, Jared	4	$3,500,000
Jarry, Tristan	3	$3,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Hall, Taylor	1	$10,000,000
Bogosian, Zach	1	$950,000
Perry, Corey	1	$800,000

Trades

PIT

Claimed On Waivers

MIN

Bjugstad, Nick

PIT

Claimed On Waivers

CHI

Johnson, Jack

PIT

Picks / Prospects

EDM

Hörnqvist, Patric

PIT

Logan Brown
2020 1st Round Pick (NYI)

OTT

Matt Murray

Retained Salary Transactions

Nick Bjugstad: $2,050,000 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$81,850,175	$0	$850,000	-$350,175

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 5	Zucker, Jason $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Hall, Taylor $10,000,000$10,000,000 LW UFA - 1	Malkin, Evgeni $9,500,000$9,500,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 2
Tanev, Brandon $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 5	McCann, Jared $3,500,000$3,500,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Rust, Bryan $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Aston-Reese, Zach $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1		Simon, Dominik $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
	Blueger, Teddy $750,000$750,000 C, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dumoulin, Brian $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	Letang, Kris $7,250,000$7,250,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Jarry, Tristan $3,500,000$3,500,000 G UFA - 3
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD UFA - 5	Marino, John $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 1	DeSmith, Casey $1,250,000$1,250,000 G UFA - 2
Riikola, Juuso $1,150,000$1,150,000 LD UFA - 2	Bogosian, Zach $950,000$950,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Perry, Corey $800,000$800,000 RW UFA - 1
Ruhwedel, Chad $700,000$700,000 RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Guentzel, J.		Crosby, S.		Hall, T.
	Letang, K.		Malkin, E.

Power Play 2
Rust, B.		Zucker, J.		McCann, J.
	Kapanen, K.		Bogosian, Z.

Penalty Kill 1
	Blueger, T.	Rust, B.
	Dumoulin, B.	Letang, K.

Penalty Kill 2
	Aston-Reese, Z.	Tanev, B.
	Marino, J.	Bogosian, Z.

Top Comments

Sep. 11, 2020 at 3:16 p.m.

AnalyticsGeek

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What'd you guys think of this team? Would you entertain signing Hall?

Sep. 11, 2020 at 3:24 p.m.

Big_Euge

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Joined: Jul. 2019

Posts: 156

Likes: 100

I think Pit should make every attempt at going for it for the next few years so I don't necessarily think this is a bad idea. Sid Malkin and Letang probably still have a couple good years left so why not. However, if Hall is willing to sign a 1 year deal when he could probably get term somewhere, I think he would be better off going with the Avs for a year where they have a better shot. Even if it is few a few less $.

Sep. 11, 2020 at 3:25 p.m.

C21

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 1,752

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This is an optimistic outlook for the pens

Sep. 11, 2020 at 3:26 p.m.

GetDeadKid

Joined: Dec. 2016

Posts: 83

Likes: 16

Quoting: MitchMarnerElite

What'd you guys think of this team? Would you entertain signing Hall?

Gonna be a no from me dawg. Assets will need to be moved to shed Bjugstad or JJ, don't think either is getting claimed. Also, Pittsburgh gave up a bunch to acquire Kapanen and Zucker, doesn't make sense to me that either of them and especially not Guentzel and Rust stay out of the top 6.

Sep. 11, 2020 at 3:31 p.m.

brgh4life

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 2,705

Likes: 994

All that money being allocated to a LW when our top 6 is pretty damn set doesn't make much sense. This team needs a 3rd line that is actually going to have an impact. I'd rather spend the money there tbh

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