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Hall one is tricky to price. Even though he is likely to hit open market, there has been talk of him eventually signing in TOR for years. He lives in GTA, trains there in off-season and counts a number of the Leafs as his friends.
(side note - Hall's value ought to be priced like a knockout option. The binary event would be contract extension vs letting him walk to UFA. Instead of players/picks, I will use "tradepoints" as proxy for this example. Lets say, an extended Hall can return 200 tradepoints, while a rented Hall can return 100 tradepoints. If AZ thinks there is 25% they can resign him, any offer over 125 tradepoints makes sense. And TOR feels like there is 50% they can resign him, they ought to be willing to pay up to 150 tradepoints. Whereas a team like BOS thinks they have 0% chance at resigning, they would offer 100 tradepoints. Weighted-average value based on different probabilities for those making the bid and those making the ask (ARI).)
In short, TOR may have leg up to resign him...thus should be able to outbid any other team, while still not overpaying for him. I'd think one of Johnsson or Kerfoot, Liljergren, b-prospect and conditional pick sounds about right (from TOR perspective).
Countering to that...I don't think BOS would be wise to offer a similar package of Bjork, Vaakanainen, b-prospect and conditional pick since smaller chance of resigning him. (Take Bjork or Vaak out maybe).
Another side note - the only three teams that I imagine would have greater chance of resigning him over ARI would be: 1. TOR, 2. COL, 3. EDM, 4. VAN. I am sure the Coyotes have more accurate list...but these are only places worth discussing trade with him.