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Could the Penguins have paid the price for Taylor Hall?

Taylor Hall is now a member of the....Arizona Coyotes. In perhaps an unexpected ending, the Coyotes are the big winners of the sweepstakes to acquire the former Devils’ MVP.

Here’s the haul for Hall:

New Jersey also retained the maximum of salary ($3.0 million) for the rest of the season.

Given that not everyone are experts on Arizona’s farm system, and the bulk of this deal involves prospects, how can we stack up the price paid? Could the Pittsburgh Penguins have been in the picture?

Now, this goes a bit beyond the hypothetical of whether NJ would have actually dealt Hall to a division rival like Pittsburgh.