Originally Posted by
rage2
Gaudreau and his family seems to love it here. The only other place he would go is the Flyers. Cheered them growing up, Kevin Hayes BFF plays for them, and his whole family including wife lives there. On paper it's a no brainer being UFA to go there, but Flyers are pretty fucked in terms of cap as well and no way they have the money to sign him. Flyers needs to drop some of their contracts to free up space. Honestly, I'd see a bigger chance Hayes gets traded here (with salary retained) than Gaudreau signing for the Flyers.
Hayes is a good player, watched flyers games quite a bit last 2 seasons, he has his moments, underperforming his contract tho. Along with BFF of Gaudreau, he's also Tkachuk Sr's cousin IIRC.