Dreger: Bruins will see if Hall "can be pried out of Edmonton"

Darren Dreger was on Vancouver’s TSN 1040 on Tuesday morning.

On how active he thinks the Boston Bruins and Pete Chiarelli will be coming out of the roster freeze:

“Yeah, he’ll be active. He’s been pretty aggressive to this point leading up to the roster freeze looking for a top-six, worst-case top-nine forward. He still hasn’t replace Horton or Jarome Iginla and that’s a spot they feel they’ve got to find somebody who can replace that offense and those minutes. Now that Krejci is back, and they hope for good health in the New Year from him, otherwise they’re in trouble. And Chara is back, and eventually he’ll get up to speed. Then Chiarelli can focus on adding that body.

“I keep going back to Arizona and Antoine Vermette, I know Boston and Pittsburgh, two Eastern Conference powerhouse - Boston less so this year – but both of those clubs have interest in Antoine Vermette. Not saying Boston lands him, but I do believe that Chiarelli is going to be active.

“But he might swing for the fences too. At least in Vermette you’ve got an expiring contract. So you’re not tied to him beyond this season if you don’t want to be, but in doing that you have to manage the asset as part of the trade.

“I think that Boston is a team that is going to exhaust the rumors swirling around Taylor Hall in Edmonton. They’re going to find out, even through the summer, whether or not this kid can be pried out of Edmonton. And if he can be, then I wouldn’t be surprised in Boston is among those teams that takes a pretty good swing.”

Source: TSN 1040/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey

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