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Winnipeg Jets Acquire Kevin Hayes From Rangers
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Art Middleton
Feb 25, 2019, 10:59 ESTUpdated: Feb 25, 2019, 19:44 EST
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Just like last year at the trade deadline, the Winnipeg Jets have loaded up with some center depth as they’ve traded for center Kevin Hayes from the New York Rangers.
Hayes is a 6’5″ center who can also play some wing and has been a strong top six forward for the Rangers since his debut in 2014. He does have size, but uses it more for leverage than rugged physical play. He’s a pending UFA this summer and it’s tough to see the Jets having the room re-sign him for the 5+ million he would likely ask for, so this is purely a rental type situation.
Kevin Hayes NHL Statistics
ScorScorScorGoalGoalGoalGoalAssiAssiAssiShotShotShotIce
SeasonTmGPGAPTS+/-PIMEVPPSHGWEVPPSHSS%TSAATOIFOWFOLFO%BLKHITTKGV
2014-15
NYR
79
17
28
45
15
22
15
1
1
1
24
4
0
111
15.3
180
13:02
248
430
36.6
33
56
43
40
2015-16
NYR
79
14
22
36
4
30
11
3
0
3
19
3
0
133
10.5
245
13:40
137
244
36.0
23
59
24
42
2016-17
NYR
76
17
32
49
10
18
15
1
1
4
20
6
6
143
11.9
246
16:34
442
526
45.7
30
40
54
66
2017-18
NYR
76
25
19
44
1
18
17
6
2
4
17
2
0
172
14.5
268
17:21
562
550
50.5
36
40
52
63
2018-19
NYR
51
14
28
42
1
10
9
3
2
1
19
8
1
119
11.8
233
19:27
373
395
48.6
12
51
48
53
Career
5 yrs
361
87
129
216
31
98
67
14
6
13
99
23
7
678
12.8
1172
15:44
1762
2145
45.1
134
246
221
264
As for the price, it’s a reasonable one for the Jets as that 1st round pick will be in the mid 20’s (if not a bit lower) and forward Brendan Lemieux who really did impress while in his last run with the Jets while Nik Ehlers was injured.
The Jets “conditional pick” has turned out to be a fourth round pick should the Jets win the Stanley Cup with Hayes in the lineup.
This deal more than likely means the Jets are out of the running for Mark Stone out of Ottawa, but they might not be done as a left handed defenseman is still high up on the shopping list, especially after the injury to Josh Morrissey last night.
Stay tuned…

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