Flyers trade Hayes to Blues for 6th-round pick

The Philadelphia Flyers dealt forward Kevin Hayes to the St. Louis Blues for a sixth-round pick in next year's draft, the teams announced Tuesday.

The Flyers are retaining 50% of his $7.14-million cap hit. The pact runs through 2025-26, according to CapFriendly.

Hayes told The Athletic's Jeremy Rutherford he's "pumped" to join St. Louis.

The Blues and Flyers had reportedly been trying to complete the trade for days. They hit a snag over the weekend with a previous version of the deal. It apparently would've involved Philadelphia defenseman Travis Sanheim, and the Flyers would've retained a significant amount of Hayes' salary. But St. Louis blue-liner Torey Krug reportedly declined to waive his no-trade clause.

Hayes spent the last four seasons with the Flyers, collecting 18 goals and tying a career high with 36 assists in 2022-23. The Winnipeg Jets shipped him to Philly for a fifth-rounder in June 2019. He finished the 2018-19 season with the Jets after his original club, the New York Rangers, traded him for a pair of picks and forward Brendan Lemieux that February.

The Flyers tried to trade rearguard Tony DeAngelo back to the Carolina Hurricanes over the weekend as well, but that deal also appears to have fallen apart.