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Originally Posted by sureLoss
The Blackhawks flew Kevin Hayes to watch one of their playoff games from the owner's box in an effort to restart contract negotiations.
Pretty sure they tried everything to sign him.
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But by that time they were in the same position as all the other teams ..... they had nothing more to offer him than the Flames and Bruins and....
Had they made the max offer and blew off a year of his ELC and got him his $80K signing bonus a year early then it would have been a risky move for him not to sign
The Flames did this for Gaudreau and especially Arnold to lock him up before he became a UFA. If the Flames did not sign Arnold at the end of last season him and Hayes could be doing the UFA dance together today.