Washington Capitals: Draft Day Trade Possibilities
By David Trice
Taylor Hall
Just a few days ago the Arizona Coyotes made the rights to Taylor Hall available for the highest bidder. Could the Washington Capitals afford to part with the assets needed to make this work, and would he be here for more than one season?
The first obstacle for this to happen is the fact this is only for the rights to negotiate with Taylor Hall. The Capitals would need to find a way to fit his salary amongst the mere $8.9 million in cap space while retaining a few players and adding a few others.
If Hall would be willing to hold up to his one year at a time mercenary style contract status he could take less on one year to have a good chance at the Stanley Cup. It wouldn’t be far fetched to see the Capitals becoming a deeper scoring team with the addition of Hall, and would instantly take them to the top of the list for Eastern Conference representative in the finals.
However, this move would most likely require additional draft picks and more salary dumping to make this happen. That would further the holes in their farm system, as well as open up other holes for the shallow prospect pool to attempt to fill.