Bruins trade Taylor Hall, rights to Nick Foligno to Blackhawks for 2 RFAs

The Bruins traded Taylor Hall and the rights to unrestricted free agent Nick Foligno to the Blackhawks on Monday, the team announced.

Both Mitchell (4 goals, 12 assists in 82 NHL games) and Regula (1 goal, 0 assists in 22 NHL games) are restricted free agents.

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Mitchell played under Bruins coach Jim Montgomery when he coached the University of Denver men’s hockey team.

The Bruins are in need of cap relief, and Chicago could use a bit of help up and down its lineup.

The Bruins are projected to have about $4.9 million in cap space for next season. Hall, according to CapFriendly, carries a cap hit of $6.25 million for next year, a $5.25 million cap hit for 2024-25 and was owed $12.5 million in real money over the final two years of his four-year deal.

Hall — the first-overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft — was traded to Boston in April 2021.

TSN’s Chris Johnston reported that the Blackhawks were not one of the 16 teams on Hall’s no-trade list, so the trade was able to get done “without his consent.” Hall used his no-movement clause to help make the trade to the Bruins happen in 2021.

The forward scored 16 goals and notched 20 assists in the Bruins’ historic 2022-23 season, and amassed eight points (5 goals, 3 assists) in first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Florida Panthers.