The Bruins are set to make a deal to acquire Buffalo’s Taylor Hall, according to multiple reports. The 29-year-old Hall has two goals and 17 assists in 37 games this season with the Sabres.
ESPN and both Sportsnet and TSN in Canada reported just after midnight on Monday that Buffalo was dealing forwards Hall and Curtis Lazar to Boston for Anders Bjork and a second-round draft pick. According to colleague Pierre LeBrun, Buffalo will pay half of Hall’s $8.8 million salary (as calculated for cap purposes) to get the deal done.
This came a couple hours after the Bruins announced a trade for Ottawa defenseman Mike Reilly, brought in for a third-round pick in 2022.