NHL rumors: Sabres’ Taylor Hall to Bruins; Kings’ Jeff Carter to Penguins; Devils buying and selling | Trade deadline LIVE UPDATES
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And we’re off.
The Buffalo Sabres jump-started the final 24 hours before Monday’s 3 p.m. ET trade deadline on Sunday night by dealing forward Taylor Hall to the Boston Bruins. According to TSN’s Darren Dreger, Hall and forward Curtis Lazar will go to the Bruins in exchange for a second-round draft pick and forward Anders Bjork.
Hall, the former MVP for the New Jersey Devils, signed a one-year contract with the Sabres last offseason, and Buffalo wanted to move him before he becomes a free agent again this summer.
Bruins acquire Hall, Lazar from Sabres
Taylor Hall is on the move. Again. The Buffalo Sabres have dealt the well-travelled winger and forward Curtis Lazar to the Boston Bruins in exchange for forward Anders Bjork and a second-round draft pick, according to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger
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BUFFALO, N.Y. The banged-up Boston Bruins are getting a boost for their late-season playoff push by acquiring forward Taylor Hall in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres reached early Monday.
The Bruins also added checking line forward Curtis Lazar, who has missed the past six games with an upper body injury. Buffalo acquired fourth-year forward Anders Bjork and a second-round pick in a deal completed in advance of the NHL’s trade deadline.
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Eleven years ago, it was Taylor and Tyler at the top of the NHL Draft rankings. Taylor Hall and Tyler Seguin visited Boston as the consensus 1-2 picks ahead of the 2010 NHL Draft. They were the future franchise faces that were going to revive two passionate fanbases in two hockey-mad cities.
Hall wanted to become a Bruin, but he became an Edmonton Oiler instead. A decade later, he wanted to become a Bruin again but instead, he went to the Buffalo Sabres as a free agent on a one-year deal in an attempt to reset his market.