Hall is getting at LEAST $10M, but probably $11M.

Not the season his having lol

It's just the end of November and he's shooting 5%. Highly unlikely that stays. And even then, he has 21 points in 23 games on a bad team. And most important point? He'll be far and away the best UFA forward this summer. Backstrom will re-sign with Washington, leaving Hall, Granlund, and Hoffman as the top forwards. Hall is far and away better than them. He'll get paid.

Erik Karlsson still signed 8x11.5 M contract even though he's like Carey Price (injury prone and a shell of his former self)

I'll bet $300 that Hall gets $10m or more.

Why is Tatar gone? Tatar is only gone if we plan to rebuild.

Don't bet on it, Your 7 x 7 is a royal joke.

Try more like 7 x 11.5, 7 x 7 in your dreams.

Realistically, Hall this year has a value greater than Breadman last year. Comparable scoring rates over the last few years (in the midst of this down year, Hall's just 3 points off a ppg pace with a shooting percentage less than half his career average. If he scores at more typical rates for him, he'll be a ppg player easy) Hall's analytics are also better than Breadman's and he's got 1 more Hart trophy on his resume. Panarin banked an 11.5 million dollar contract after EvolvingWild's model predicted an 11 million dollar deal. Projecting Hall anywhere under ten million is pretty ludicrous.

I question the decision to ditch Kulak and Tatar. Kulak's put up solid offensive and defensive results over the last few years. He's nobody's idea of a star, but he's a heck of a lot better than, say, Alzner, and is definitely the team's best defensive LHD.

Tatar, meanwhile, is a very solid forward on a decent contract. If you need to clear cap space and ink a big name like Hall, it probably makes more sense to pony up the assets to dump the big bad contracts (Alzner, Price on the off chance anyone will even consider it, maybe Weber) as opposed to dumping 2 guys who's combined GAR at evens since the start of 2017 is actually higher than Hall's (Hall beats them combined by his very impressive 11.9 Powerpaly offence number.)

Montreal could definitely use Hall. I don't think this is how they get him.