Quote (LuLer @ Jun 24 2023 11:36pm)
Blues have been aggressively shopping their late 1sts, wouldn't be surprised if these picks are involved with one good roster player coming over along with Hayes.
Also rumored that Krug may be involved and the Flyers are trying to find a 3rd team to flip him to, which may be causing the holdup.
Per multiple sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations, the rebuilding Flyers — who already shipped out No. 1 defenseman Ivan Provorov earlier this month — planned to send Hayes and defenseman Travis Sanheim to the Blues in the deal. Philadelphia would be retaining a “significant” portion of Hayes’ $7.14 million cap hit for the next three seasons in the trade in order to make the financials more palatable to St. Louis.
The Flyers, per NHL rules, can retain up to 50 percent of Hayes’ cap hit in each of his remaining years.
Multiple sources with direct knowledge of the trade negotiations told The Athletic that a Blues defenseman was supposed to go to the Flyers along with a first-round pick in exchange for Hayes (with retention) and Sanheim. One of the sources said the Blues player invoked his no-trade clause, and as a result, the future of the deal is unclear.
makes sense why they need the 3rd team because he doesn't want to waive his NTC to philly