The Philadelphia Flyers have traded their second-leading scorer, center Kevin Hayes, to the St. Louis Blues.
It's also possible that Hayes could play a role in both special teams units. Hayes scored six power-play goals and 16 points on the extra-skater advantage this season, which could prove useful to a Blues' unit that finished 22nd on the power play with a 19.3 success rate. And while his penalty-killing minutes diminished in each season with the Flyers, he could be another option the Blues use to boost a kill that was 30th out of 32 teams with a 72.4% success rate.
Perhaps the biggest value Hayes provides is that the Blues were able to land a top-six center at a reduced salary without having to give up one of their three first-round picks in the NHL draft Wednesday. As for the Flyers, it's the latest move in a rebuild marked by change. It began when the club promoted former star Danny Briere from assistant to the general manager to GM. The Flyers also hired another familiar face in Keith Jones, who is leaving the TNT broadcast to serve as president of hockey operations.
Briere has had an active offseason for a franchise that missed the playoffs for a third straight season after finishing 31-38-13 and 17 points out of the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot.
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