[CBJCenter] “Groundwork” was laid out between Columbus and Philadelphia regarding a Kevin Hayes trade for this summer. It’s likely that the Flyers would retain ~33% of his salary. The return is not expected to be “anything monumental.”
“Groundwork” was laid out between Columbus and Philadelphia regarding a Kevin Hayes trade for this summer. It’s likely that the Flyers would retain ~33% of his salary. The return is not expected to be “anything monumental.”
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— The CBJ Center (@CBJcenter) March 23, 2023
by captainkepi
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Conditional late round pick
Yay? How excited should I be about this? Sorry I have been a bit out the loop on stuff this season
Don’t we have a lot of centers kind of?
This years pick, Sillinger, Kuraly, Boone, Danforth, Roslovic, Voronkov, Pederson, Foudy, Texier (maybe), Laine (maybe)
Yeah but why? I hope they don’t do this, how are you going to fit Sillinger, Kuraly, Boone, whoever we end up drafting if they make the team, and Hayes? And that’s not even thinking about Roslovic, KJ, Laine, Voronkov, McKown or any of our other centers.
But why?
I like the idea of adding a veteran center, but would much rather pursue Lindholm and extend him over Hayes, but oh well I guess
i don’t get everyone asking why. our centers are not good. Boone has produced but id still say he’s a decent 2C at best. no one close to a 1C on the team.
so a little under $5mil/year with 3 years left on the contract?
If we give them Future Considerations (our best player), I’m gonna riot. /s
A 50-60 point center a smidge under 5 mil isn’t bad. I don’t know how defensively responsible he is tho.
I’m indifferent about this. Even though we have a lot of Top 6 C, I easily see him replacing some of our lackluster C. Might make some of them work harder in order to keep their spot as well.
Edit: Thought Top 6 meant something else, just meant we had a lot of C’s similar or a bit less than Hayes skill. Ignore that part.
I’ll give you one Gudbranson, take it or leave it.
I don’t understand why we’re trading for a center when noted #1 center, Patrik Laine plays for us
When Hayes was a free agent after being a rental to the Jets I would’ve been down for this. He’s Toby Keith at this point, ain’t as good as he once was
Guys. It’s a perfect fit lol. He has 3 years left after this year. Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson’s ELC will be ending the same time as Hayes’ contract and we can let him leave and pay up to pay the big bucks to the new face of our franchise. The fit is perfect and he’s friends with current players on the team. This is a home run match.
Pagnotta is a hack.
Hayes will ruin the attitudes of our young players. I absolutely don’t want this to happen. Keep this guy away from our locker room!
Would Cam be included in this deal?
0000000000000.0000000% interested in Hayes. We have far too many up and coming centers to suffocate their development with an old over paid underperformer. Experience is only valueable if youve won something. Wheres his rings? Hardest of pass.
Hayes is not the person we need. Great guy, but is he really the best fit for culture? This team doesn’t need hayes
Ryan Whitney called this right after JG signed here. It feels like a country club blue jackets type deal.
His BFF is Johnny. Seriously.
Love the move. Glue guy. Needs to happen.