The Bruins have found an avenue to alleviate some of their looming cap crunch.
The Bruins confirmed Monday afternoon that they traded both Taylor Hall and Nick Foligno’s UFA rights to the Chicago Blackhawks in return for restricted free agent defensemen Ian Mitchell and Alec Regula.
Boston is not retaining any salary in the trade, with the Bruins effectively clearing $6 million in cap space.
Boston and Chicago were reportedly discussing trades that could ease the Bruins’ cap woes shortly before Monday’s deal was struck.
By moving Hall’s $6 million cap hit for the next two seasons, Boston now has a little over $10 million in cap space to work with this summer.