from Emily Sadler of Sportsnet,

Here’s a look at the top UFAs-to-be of 2020, which we’ll be updating over the course of 2019-20 as the season — and all the rumours and reports that come with it — continues.

1. Taylor Hall, LW, New Jersey Devils
Age: 28
2019-20 cap hit: $6 million

Can the Devils dust themselves off and make a run with Hall or should they trade him now and continue the rebuild? Will the playoff-starved Hall have to endure another year outside of the playoffs? And where does Hall actually want to play?

It might be a while before we get any of those answers, but Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman did bring a little clarity to one possibility:

“I think the Devils now know it’s unlikely they are going to be able to get a contract done during the year,” Friedman during the Headlines segment on Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday.

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