Finally, the Kevin Hayes Deal Looks to be Done (alt headline: They Really Wanted Him Gone)

News:

**Breaking News** 🚨 📰
I’m told the @NHLFlyers are trading F Kevin Hayes to the @StLouisBlues for the Blues 2024 6th Rd Draft Pick, there could be another component to the deal.@espn @NHL @NHLNetwork @TSNHockey @DKSportsbook #HockeyTwitter pic.twitter.com/SyPz88jq2l

— Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) June 27, 2023

Salary dump. No problem. The main reason for moving Hayes was to get off the contract. Torey Krug decided to be a dickhead (well within his right), and so the deal had to be altered, leaving us this:

The #Flyers are in the process of completing a trade to send Kevin Hayes to #stlblues.

They are retaining half of Hayes' salary for the remaining three years of his deal, resulting in a cap hit of $3,571,428 for STL.

First to report trade: @KevinWeekes.

— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) June 27, 2023

Not amazing retaining that much salary, but it is what it is, yeah? We can thank Chuck Fletcher for this. Danny B is gonna have to do the best he can cleaning up the mess. Provy is out, Hayes is out, and we move on to the next one. #OTTNO

edit – they really wanted to get rid of Hayes, eh?