Équipe: 2020-21 Sabres de Buffalo

Date de création initiale: 27 mars 2021

Publié: 27 mars 2021

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

I initially thought that in order to trade for a player of Taylor Hall's calibre by the trade deadline next month, it would cost a late 1st round pick at a bare minimum.

Given the circumstances that the Buffalo Sabres find themselves in right now, I think they should just get the best trade package possible.

If I were a fan of a team like Buffalo, I'm just grateful that someone like Taylor Hall decided to sign with the team in the first place and that he is open to waiving his NMC for the purposes of facilitating a trade before the deadline.

That is in spite of the fact that Hall signed for only one year at a higher cap hit when he didn't have better options anywhere else during the offseason.

When David Pagnotta of the Fourth Period spoke to Sportsnet Radio the other day, he said, "the consensus seems to be that a 2nd round pick, a prospect, and a third asset will end up being the final price for Taylor Hall."

So, what I did was create a couple of trade scenarios of what that might look like, using the New York Islanders and the Florida Panthers as illustrative examples.

The Islanders and the Panthers are two of the teams rumoured to be in on the Taylor Hall sweepstakes, according to the Fourth Period.

The other team is the Edmonton Oilers.

However, I think that if Edmonton reacquired Taylor Hall for anything more than just Adam Larsson, it would look rather embarrassing for the Oilers :/

In any case, this is what I also think is fair value for Taylor Hall.

Enjoy! :D

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