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Originally Posted by Mike Teavee
Chicago offered him a contract. He didn't take it.
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I'm sure it was a fair contract, but one reason they needed to offer him any sort of contract was to get the compensatory pick next year. They only received #54 in next year's draft because they offered a contract and Hayes rejected it. I'm guessing they still wanted Hayes to sign, but if they didn't they could have low balled him just to get the pick.