The Chicago Blackhawks are adding a former No. 1 overall pick two days before this year’s draft.

The Blackhawks are acquiring winger Taylor Hall and the rights to Nick Foligno from the Boston Bruins for defenceman prospects Alec Regula and Ian Mitchell.

The teams announced the trade Monday.

The Bruins, coming off a historic 65-win season, were in a precarious salary cap situation this offseason and were able to unload Hall’s $6million cap hit, plus get a return for the rights to Foligno, an unrestricted free agent.

The Blackhawks will try to sign Foligno, according to TSN’s Darren Dreger, as the rebuilding team adds experienced forwards to play alongside likely No. 1 pick Connor Bedard. The 2023 NHL Draft begins on Wednesday.

Hall, the top pick in the 2010 draft, won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player in 2017-18 but joins his sixth NHL team. Hall was a crucial trade-deadline acquisition by the Bruins in 2021 and had a strong 2021-22 season before seeing his numbers dip last season.

Hall, 31, had 16 goals and 20 assists in 61 games last season. He has 693 career points (264 goals, 429 assists) in 822 games.

Foligno, 35, tallied 10 goals and 16 assists in 60 games last season while carrying a cap hit of $3.8million.

The Bruins, meanwhile, add some much-needed youth along the blue line in Mitchell, 24, and 22-year-old Regula.

Mitchell was a second-round pick by the Blackhawks in 2017 and has tallied four goals and 12 assists in 82 career NHL games.

Regula, a third-round pick in 2018, has played just 22 NHL games but totalled five goals and 16 assists last season with the Blackhawks’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs.

This offseason could be a busy one for the Bruins after a record-breaking season ended with a first-round playoff exit.

Defenceman Dmitry Orlov and forward Tyler Bertuzzi are unrestricted free agents this offseason, while the future remains uncertain for captain Patrice Bergeron, who will turn 38 in July.