Value discussion Taylor Hall

Team: 2023-24 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: May 2, 2023

Published: May 2, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

The Bruins are about to lose Bertuzzi as a cap casualty. I think they would be wise to instead trade Taylor Hall for draft picks and sign Bertuzzi for a similar contract. Reasoning:

1) Bertuzzi is at least as good as Hall.

2) I think Bertuzzi can be signed longer term in order to reduce the cap hit. Some comparable contracts might be Hyman and RNH.

3) If Boston does nothing, they keep Hall, lose Bertuzzi, and gain no assets. If they offload Hall and sign Bertuzzi, you can basically view it as trading Hall for Bertuzzi *plus* whatever extra assets are acquired in the Hall deal.

Curious what you guys think Hall could fetch in a trade. I'm guessing something like a 2nd round pick.