The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired Kevin Hayes and a second-round pick from the St. Louis Blues for virtually…nothing! Well, almost nothing. On this bonus show, Hunter and Patrick discuss if this is a good move by Kyle Dubas and analyze the impact that Hayes will have on this roster. They also look at what could come next and what this move tells us about the long-term plans that Kyle Dubas has for this team.
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Smith has to be on the way out now right??
Hayes will be great on our pk. Who is 3c and who is 4c between Hayes and Eller though?
Thanks for the guided meditation, Pat. I needed that 😅
I think dubas is trying to walk the line, and unfortunately will fail at both. Need to pick 1 route to succeed. Either go for it or rebuild. Hes planning to keep us stuck dead in the middle.
I hope this isn’t a bad acusition! I thought the Pens are going to get younger not someone in their 30s again!
It's a reasonable gamble to make. If he can get his act together, then the Pens center line is stacked. If he can't, at least It's just for two seasons.
The Penguins are only trying to sell jerseys when they get more and more old guys.
Thanks guys. So, the wheels are turning. Time will tell.
Thanks Pat for your intel
Taking on Kevin Hayes for free is a reasonable gamble. He put up more points last season than almost everyone in the Pens bottom six did, so he can't be any worse. Hopefully this pushes Acciari to wing too because I like Acciari way better as a forechecking wing than a defensive center. As far as what's to come I'm making a prediction that Dubas signs Jeff Skinner on Monday lol. Skinner just seems like a Dubas/Sullivan type player.
After watching him in St. Louis he just seems like he really doesn’t want to play anymore, just lackadaisical play,, and Philly is paying half of contract
Tidy piece of work from Kyle. Second rounder around the 40-48 mark and a 3rd line center, bigger body, net front element. Will need some speed and finishing on his flanks. Considering no cost and only $3.5M for 3LC decent cap management. It's also extra LOLs if he scores on the Flyboys and they are paying him to score on them.
Did hayes overlap with quin in ny? Is there any history there?
I for one don’t mind Hayes at all. He can play bottom or top 6, he’s always been solid play maker and for 3.57 mil for two years not bad, plus nabbing a second round pick in next years draft was key.
Who’s to say, depending on how this season goes if Hayes could be used for trade bait should things not go as well next year. Either way, I really like it.
Was hoping we weren’t going to take on older guys hoping they’d have bounce back years like dubas did this past off season. Best part of this deal is clearly the 2nd rd pick for essentially nothing.
So Hayes + a 2nd at 3.57M x 2Y for nothing.
This is exactly what I wanted Dubas to do. Weaponize cap space for futures.
Hell, Hayes may even rebound as a scorer and boost his value to be traded again.
It even addresses the Center depth and puts Eller in the role he should be in.
Very happy with this. Dubas W.
Puusti, Hayes, DOC 3rd line? Sounds like a decent line to me boys. W trade.
in my head is this rebuild trade or playoff trade like its fine we got second round pick from a mid player like if he could do that even flip him in deadline if were not playoff team this season it seems
i still neeed dubas get us top 4 or top6 to make us feel if this team is playoff cause this season its gonna be hard
This is how you weaponize cap space. More like this, please.
6'5", 220 lbs…strong in the corners and in front of the net… historically, a Penguins killer, during his time in Philly. And being given a 2nd round pick to take him off their hands…I'm okay with that.
I'm glad you clarified his abilities. From most of the comments on Pensburg, Hayes was soft & defensively inept.
Was hoping Future Considerations would have a great career in Pittsburgh, man..