I'm not sure I would go after Hayes. Having watched a lot of Boston College over the last three years I was never really impressed with him. He showed flashes of having top six potential, but most of the time he looked more like a 3rd or 4th liner. He actually reminds me a lot of Bryce Van Brabant. I think he's one of those guys that showed a ton of potential at 17 but has never been able to pull his game together until put in the right position with the right linemates. At BC this year he was the guy whose job it was to dig the puck out and get his ass to the front of the net and bang home the garbage. He wasn't relied on for getting the puck into the zone and wasn't responsible to be the defensive guy. He filled that role very well, but I'm not sure I get into a bidding war for this kid because of his success this year. He was not the guy who made things happen at either end of the ice on his line. Of the three components on the line and the Eagles, we got the best two players on both sides of the puck.
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