Quoting: mhockey91
If we could resign him I’d do it in a heartbeat. Realistically, Addison, a first, and Hallender won’t make much of an impact during the Crosby/Malkin era. Rutherford should just go all in and land/resign hall. Adding hall would make this the best team in the league. Crosby / Malkin have another cup left. Why not fully maximize having one of the best duo in NHL history and go all in for another cup?
I saw an Avs trade of:
Timmons, kaut, and a first for hall. And I figured this would be pretty comparable.
I 100% agree. I feel like it's weird that no rumours have been coming out about us and Hall. Crosby and Malkin are already 32 and 33. They probably have another 4 season were they'll be legit contenders for the cup and right now adding Hall gives us the best chance to win. We'll easily have if not the best, one of the best forwards groups with him. Sid, Geno, Jake,Hall would be unstoppable. Not to mention guys like Rust, McCann, Kahun, Tanev have been great this year as well, not to mention that we'll be getting Hornqvist and Bjugstad back soon too. I would offer a 2020 1st round pick, Hallander, Addison/POJ, and Galchenyuk. Galchenyuk makes the cap work and the Devils get another asset that they can use to flip for another pick. I also think we can sign him. With Schultz being a UFA and guys like Hornqvist, JJ, and Bjugstad being another 13M in cap that alone is 18M coming off the books just from those four guys. Give him 10M - 10.750M for 6 years and he gets to play with Sid and Geno for the rest of their careers.
Roll with these lines
Guentzel - Crosby - Hornqvist
Hall - Malkin - Rust
Kahun - McCann - Bjugstad
ZAR - Blueger - Tanev
Scratches - Simon, Lafferty.