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Hall spent three-and-a-half years with the New Jersey Devils between 2016 and 2019, winning an MVP award and scoring 76 goals in 211 games.
He’s not the player he was then, but the Devils are almost certainly going to be in the market for some more secondary scoring at the trade deadline. This should be a seen as a potential Stanley Cup season for them, and they should be aggressive buyers.
With Jacob Markstrom solidifying the goalie spot and the team being healthier this season, they are back to being a bona fide contender in the Eastern Conference.
Hall would make some sense, especially since they have three second-round picks and a third-round pick in the 2025 NHL draft. They have the assets to move.
They would probably need Chicago to eat some of Hall’s salary, or at least get a third team involved to make it work from a salary-cap perspective, but a reunion would make a lot of sense for the Devils.
Their 3.19 goals per game are 11th in the NHL, so while offense is not a desperate need at the moment, it wouldn’t hurt to have more scoring depth given some of the teams they will have to get through in the Eastern Conference playoff field.