Despite a reasonably full schedule featuring 20 games, by far the biggest story of the weekend was a trade that didn’t happen.
Or at least, one that hasn’t happened yet. Because it sure seems like a Taylor Hall trade is coming very soon. Teams typically don’t hold healthy players out of multiple games because talks are heating up. They do it because a deal is almost done.
No surprise, but expectation is no Taylor Hall tonight vs ARIZ — as this process continues
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) December 14, 2019
We’ll try not to get ahead of ourselves on a Hall trade because even deals that are almost done can still fall through.