Confirmed with Link: Taylor Hall (50% retained) & Curtis Lazar to Boston for Anders Bjork and a 2nd round pick

[Der Jaeger]

How the heck did we get a 2nd and Bjork for Hall?! Hall confirmed everything I thought of him yesterday, the dude is just soft. Watching the Sabres push him off the puck so easy is embarrassing. The Sabres, the team that gets pushed around by everyone, put pressure on Hall and the giveaway would follow.

Having one good year has made Hall millions, he doesn't deserve.

Well, by the second period, the Sabres weren't getting pushed around anymore. They were pushing back. But your point is valid.

 

[SackTastic]

I disagree that Hall was fooled by Krueger ; I think he learned years ago that Ralph was a bullshitter, and saw an opportunity to exploit that.

 

[SackTastic]

Building Taylor Hall's confidence will be a work in progress for Bruins

In his introductory press conference, he expressed a desire to not be the “focal point” like he’s been in Edmonton, New Jersey, Arizona and Buffalo.

"I want to be paid like a superstar without the accountability."

I've heard tons of people say things like this over my career. This is exactly what they mean.

 

[jay from jersey]

It's because the league is trending back towards big, heavy players with more obstruction and board play. It's why guys like vatanen and mete are on waivers, while teams continue to give out prime assets for savard, foligno, etc

It's why Barclay Goodrow fetches a 1st and Hall doesn't.

The whistles tend to stay in their pockets more come playoff time. This is why guys like Bennett do well in the playoffs

 

[Buffaloed]

Sabres satisfied to acquire draft 'currency' as key questions loom over where to go from here (paywall)
He (Hall) decided to go. Not only that, but he decided to go to Boston, limiting the Sabres to just one trade partner.

“Yeah, that’s fair to say,” general manager Kevyn Adams said. “The reality of the situation is back in the offseason when we signed Taylor, we felt strongly that we needed to have a one-year deal to make sure that we were being disciplined and remain flexible moving forward. Part of the agreement was to be able to offer him a no-move clause.

“Taylor felt that Boston was the team that he wanted to go to. That was where he felt was the best fit, and contractually he had earned that right to make that call. So, we focused our attention there and obviously were able to get a deal done.”

Adams made the best deal he could under the circumstances. At least we got Bjork and not another Slava Kozlov.

Hasek Traded to Red Wings

 

[Uberpecker]

If Bjork keeps playing like this, I won't even remember that Hall had ever been a Sabre.

 

[Bobby Bottle Service]

If Bjork keeps playing like this, I won't even remember that Hall had ever been a Sabre.

Hall who?

 

[truthbluth]

In reality, in 5 years when I try to remember this team, I will remember that Taylor Hall was here, but I will complete and totally forget that Eric Staal was here.

 

[dugman]

I’d like this trade to be remembered as us getting Bork and a 2nd in exchange for Lazar and a cap dump.

 

[Bobby Bottle Service]

In reality, in 5 years when I try to remember this team, I will remember that Taylor Hall was here, but I will complete and totally forget that Eric Staal was here.

Eric Staal and Doug Gilmour will always be Sabres legends.

 

[Bobby Bottle Service]

Remember way back when most of us were pissed off that we didn't trade Risto for Hall straight up and EDM went with Larsson instead? Haha, good times.

Sometimes the best moves are the ones you don't make.

 

[Kublakhan]

Seen the Bruins score today and I was like.. awe man Hall had to of had a hat trick, then I looked at the box score and Hall had one point..

 

[Gabrielor]

In the end, hall was a free asset that got us assets.

Sweeney still won the edges of the deal (no re-sign conditions, playoff conditions, etc), but Bjork looks like a wise target.

 

[brian_griffin]

If Bjork keeps playing like this, I won't even remember that Hall had ever been a Sabre.

(and)

In reality, in 5 years when I try to remember this team, I will remember that Taylor Hall was here, but I will complete and totally forget that Eric Staal was here.

>Hall is the hot girl who finally agrees to go on a date with you at the end of the school year / start of summer. But when dating her, you realize she has halitosis bad enough to peel paint.
>Staal is her well-preserved hot mom, so you think, alright alright alright, until it's a family beach day and they invite you, then you see the topography of cellulite laying on the towel / blanket.
>After they are out of the picture, Bjork is the girl who moves in down the street at the end of the summer who you invite to your neighborhood's Labor Day block party BBQ as a "get to know you" welcome, and you're like, "If I knew then what I know now."

 

[itwasaforwardpass]

"I know for a fact a team that offered a first-round pick. And there’s more than one,” GM-turned-analyst Brian Lawton said Wednesday on the Real Kyper at Noon podcast. “It cost the Buffalo Sabres millions of dollars"

Quick Shifts: The mysterious value of finishing No. 1 in Canada

 

[Fjordy]

"I know for a fact a team that offered a first-round pick for Eakin"