Reinhart has much more value than Hanowski in my opinion. Reinhart is at a PPG in the AHL. I would honestly rather keep Reinhart than use him to acquire Hayes, much less throw in a 2nd on top of that.
Ferland is a bit more of a 'risky prospect', but I would imagine the Flames are seriously very high on Ferland - especially with a GM like Burke. Ferland straight up for Hayes makes me cringe, though I think Chicago doesn't accept that without a 2nd or at least a 3rd pick thrown in.
Hanowski, Agostino, Van Brabant - these guys all have around 3rd line upside at most. Hayes has 3rd line upside IMO. I could see adding a 2nd on top of this as Hayes is a better scorer than 2 of those prospects. I like Hayes, and I think he will become a better player than Hanowski, arguable over Van Brabant (better scorer than Brabant will be I think, but certainly not as tough which is a great attribute for the bottom 6) and about equal with Agostino.
I would think defensive prospects are what Chicago would probably rather have. I am not too familiar with their defensive prospect depth, but they are very deep in the top 9 forwards for depth.
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