Toronto Maple Leafs: Top 5 NHL Free Agency Signings for 2021
By Andrew Kogut
TAYLOR HALL- 4 years, $24 million (Boston)
The Boston Bruins strike again.
Taylor Hall averages 70 points per 82 games, has a 56.3 career CF% , owns a career PS of 68 and doesn’t turn 30 until mid-November. So of course the Bruins get him on a sweetheart of a deal.
Boston’s highest paid player is currently Patrice Bergeron at $6.875 million. Pastrnak has two more years at $6.666 million and Marchand four more at $6.125 million. That, friends, are signings at their finest.
If Charlie McAvoy makes similar concessions in his contract next year then there should be a formal investigation into whatever hypnosis-inducing drugs Don Sweeney is obviously feeding to these players.
Hall looked really good in Boston last year (he scored eight goals and 14 points in 16 games) and it appears to be a nice fit for him. But the team is aging, Krejci is gone, the goaltending could be problematic and Nick Foligno at $3.8 million isn’t exactly a steal, particularly if injuries continue to take their toll on him.
$6 million for Hall (after signing a “cheap” one-year, $8 million deal last year), on the other hand, is more great business for the Bruins.