Report: Coyotes shopping negotiating rights for Hall

The Arizona Coyotes are shopping the negotiating rights for pending free agent Taylor Hall, reports TSN's Darren Dreger.

Hall is projected to be the top free-agent forward this offseason.

The Coyotes previously expressed interest in re-signing the forward. General manager Bill Armstrong, who was hired in August, recently said the team will have to be "very creative" to retain Hall.

The 28-year-old recorded 16 goals and 36 assists in 65 games with the Coyotes and the New Jersey Devils last season. He previously won the Hart Trophy with the Devils in 2018.

Hall has recorded 218 goals and 345 assists in 627 career games.

The team that owns Hall's negotiating rights is able to exclusively discuss a new contract with him prior to the opening of the free-agency period. Once it opens on Friday, Oct. 9, any team in the league will be able to make its pitch to Hall.

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