Confirmed Trade: [WPG/NYR] Kevin Hayes for Brendan Lemieux, 2019 1st round pick, 2022 conditional 4th round pick

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

What I just realized is he was taken by the pick traded for Ilya Kovalchuk that the Thrashers traded for Byfuglien.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

So the 1st is now in the area of 18-21?

Lemieux was incredibly solid for us too and we cant wait to see him next year continue to improve.

Looks like it turned out for a big NYR win here. Though i dont understand why Hayes barely got any ice time??

 

[Langdon Alger]

Any chance Hayes re-signs with the Jets?

 

[howkie]

He only get sign of he signs cheap, and he wont, so no

 

[BlueDream]

Hayes was bad in the playoffs. Aside from the one goal he scored where he walked around everyone but that was more just bad defense. No way the Jets bring him back. They have other priorities.

 

[snowkiddin]

Terrible trade by Chevy. Rangers shafted him for sure. Lemieux > A few weeks of Hayes. The 1st was just gravy.

Idiotic on Chevy’s behalf.

 

[RustyCat]

Wouldn't mind him sticking around. His defensive positioning is great and is an excellent passer. Definitely not a terrible trade by any means. He will just want too much, likely, so I can't see the Jets retaining him.

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

Lmao huge overpayment for a mediocre player.

 

[BatVader]

Hayes was bad in the playoffs. Aside from the one goal he scored where he walked around everyone but that was more just bad defense. No way the Jets bring him back. They have other priorities.

The whole damn team was bad in the playoffs.

 

[JetsWillFly4Ever]

The whole damn team was bad in the playoffs.

Not really. We were the (slightly) better team through 5 games by every metric. If you accept that the blues were a good team then it’s hard to say the jets were bad (other than that pathetic game 6 which was embarrassingly bad).

Hayes never ended up fitting in. It was a stupid trade when it happened and it is still stupid today

 

[ZiGOODejad]

I have a sneaky suspicion that wherever he ends up next will pay off for that team. I kind of see it like when NYr’s trades for Eric Staal then he sucked in the Post season immediately after that he signs with Minnesota and it paid off for them.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Hayes will fit better with helping Laine pick up his game than a Stone type player would.

Yikes.

 

[cwede]

it's kinda interesting and predictable that, when their teams fall in playoffs,fans either
hate the deadline deals they made,
or if, their team stood pat (Calgary, Tampa,) blame the not adding ...

as a NYR fan, the Eric Staal deal cited above is still an open wound,
NYR got the 2 worst months of his career.
While 'Canes just recalled 1 piece, Saarela, as an injury back-fill, and the kids they got w the 2 2d's are developing, and Staal has had 3 productive years w Wild

 

[Mickey Marner]

This was one of the obviously poor deadline deals. Hayes is not the type of center they needed and is unlikely to be retained.

 

[Saintb]

the jets got taken to the cleaners on this one.

 

[bert]

Stone is better... still wouldn't call him a 'superstar.' That's a bit of an oversell...

He actually is in every sense of the word. Every stat backs it up, his on ice play backs it up literally every player that has ever played with him consistently has had a career year.

Stone is a very good player and is better than Hayes. However Hayes is a better fit for the Jets and came at a more reasonable price. The more I see that contract for Stone, the more I think it is somewhat of an overpayment. Don't see how he is worth that much more than Wheeler. Jets would never be able to afford to sign him at that price.

How is Stone not worth 9.5 but Tavares is worth 11? Please explain that to me.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

the jets got taken to the cleaners on this one.

Ouch, but I agree. Wasn't really a fan of the trade, but as for all trades go I like to see how they go. Losing Stastny truly did hurt us which I was wrong about signing him to an extension with the Jets.

 

[Jetabre]

Was fine with picking a rental up but not one worth a 1st+, just not worth it.

 

[Legend123]

Yikes.

What the? I have an impersonator

 

[tntkid]

Hayes is guaranteed to walk for nothing.

Looking back we got hosed by New York.

 

[Luminiferous]

Hayes is guaranteed to walk for nothing.

Looking back we got hosed by New York.

Indeed, NYR have a bright future.

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

Hayes price was fine, it is Jets's fault if they couldn't find the right spot/use for him and are not interested in re-signing him. I would suggest getting a good coach to the Jets. Hayes is still a very good player.

 

[Thrasymachus]

Selfishly, I hope that NYI sign Hayes.

The better part of me feels horrible for the Jets, and respects the Rangers savvy trade

 

[WesMcCauley]

Hayes played mostly on the 3rd and 4th line from what i watched. Scored 2 goals, 1 assists.
Icetime:
15.36
9.39
11.32
11.15
8.32
15.19

Not really much icetime for a center with 55 points in 71 games this season. Only played 6 minutes on the PP with the second unit. I only watched one game in this series but doesnt exactly look like he was put in a position to produce much offensively...

 

[CartographerNo611]

Hayes played mostly on the 3rd and 4th line from what i watched. Scored 2 goals, 1 assists.
Icetime:
15.36
9.39
11.32
11.15
8.32
15.19

Not really much icetime for a center with 55 points in 71 games this season. Only played 6 minutes on the PP with the second unit. I only watched one game in this series but doesnt exactly look like he was put in a position to produce much offensively...

To plays devils advocate he got a lot of his points because of lots of ice time i on a poor NYR team. Similar to how Boedker was putting up decent points in Phoenix with plenty of ice time. Hayes is a 30-40 point pk specialist on contending teams. Winnipeg proved that.