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(Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images) Never, ever, ever forget about the  mystery team.  In a move that would be shocking if we weren't stuck in the nether-realm that is 2020,  Taylor Hall,  the 2017-18 Hart Trophy winner and top UFA forward on the market, has signed a one-year deal with the Buffalo Sabres. Hall, 28, will be paid a base salary of $7 million with his new deal, to go along with an extra $1 million in bonuses. For Hall, his choice of team is ... curious. Given the current fiscal climate of the NHL, it was to be expected that Hall was weighing numerous different contracts with varying terms and payouts — with a short-term deal with a contender allowing the left winger to contend for a Stanley Cup (a rarity for Hall, given that he's been marooned on some dreadful clubs over his career) and set himself up for perhaps a more substantial payout once the league's revenues rebound and the salary cap upper limit rises once again. Even before the start of this f