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Hayton Stays, Devils Reassess | New Jersey Devils News
Barrett Hayton stays put with the Utah Mammoth, signing a one-year, $4.775M deal that locks him in for another season and makes him an unrestricted free agent next summer — a move that shuts the door on the New Jersey Devils’ hopes of adding him. The Devils, still sitting with over $7M in cap space (potentially $9.5M with downward-tradable players), also retained a second-round draft pick they’d have lost had Hayton signed elsewhere. With their top center target off the table, the Devils may now be more inclined to keep players like Cody Glass and Nick Bjugstad, while still exploring trades…
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