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Kevin Hayes

#13

age33

posC,LW

shotl

h6'5"

w216lbs

Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$7,142,858$7.14M

Year 7 of 7

19/20

25/26

Expiry Status

UFA 2026 age 34

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick24

Year2010

Agent Robert Murray

Birthdate May 8, 1992

Birthplace Dorchester, Massachusetts

Nationality USA

Stick Bauer Nexus Tracer

UFA Year 2019

ELC Year 22

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $57.42M

- No current season statistics -

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP777

G181

A257

P438

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.56

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.23

Career Statline Details

2019-2026 Standard Contract

term7yrs

value$50,000,000$50.00M

cap hit$7,142,857$7.14M

Kevin Hayes is signed to a 7 year, $50,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $7,142,857 per season, playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins. His contract expires at the end of the 2025-26 season, making Hayes an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jun 18 2019

Signing Agent Robert Murray

Signed By

Signing GM Chuck Fletcher

% Cap Contract Start 8.76%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026
Cap Hit	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,858$7.14M	UFAage 34
AAV	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,858$7.14M
Base	$4,000,000$4.00M	$3,750,000$3.75M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$3,750,000$3.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$5,000,000$5.00M	$3,750,000$3.75M	-	$3,750,000$3.75M	-	$1,250,000$1.25M	$1,250,000$1.25M
Total Salary	$9,000,000$9.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M
Minors Salary	$9,000,000$9.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M
Clauses	NMC	NMC	NMC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out

Notes

Modified No Trade: 12 Team No Trade List

* Retained Salary Jun 27, 2023

50.00% of contract was retained by the Philadelphia Flyers in a trade to the St. Louis Blues

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Career Stats By Contract

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	GF%	xGF%	RelxGF%	CF%	RelCF%	G60	P60	Pen Dif	TOI 5v5/GP	TOI PP/GP	TOI PK/GP	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	32	$7,142,857 $7.14M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	64	13	10	23	8	42.3	51.0	2.0	53.0	2.4	0.77	1.36	-2	9:41	1:44	0:19
2023-24	31	$7,142,857 $7.14M	WC	USA	8	1	0	1	4
2023-24	31	$7,142,857 $7.14M	NHL	St. Louis Blues	79	13	16	29	12	50.7	45.0	1.7	46.0	0.9	0.73	1.34	-17	12:29	1:27	0:11
2023-24	31	$7,142,857 $7.14M	International	Team USA	1	1	0	1	0
2022-23	30	$7,142,857 $7.14M	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	81	18	36	54	23	46.9	48.0	0.8	50.0	3.5	0.52	1.68	-3	14:07	2:28	0:08
2021-22	29	$7,142,857 $7.14M	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	48	10	21	31	26	42.9	44.0	-2.9	44.0	-3.2	0.55	2.01	-4	13:39	2:22	0:52
2020-21	28	$7,142,857 $7.14M	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	55	12	19	31	22	48.1	53.0	3.1	50.0	-2.7	0.65	1.63	0	13:24	2:20	1:16
2019-20	27	$7,142,857 $7.14M	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	69	23	18	41	34	45.0	50.0	-1.1	49.0	-2.5	0.77	1.54	7	13:33	1:32	1:56	Playoffs	16	4	9	13	0
2018-19	26	$5,175,000 $5.18M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	20	5	8	13	2	52.9	53.0	7.2	51.0	5.9	0.62	2.16	-8	13:41	1:59	1:42	Playoffs	6	2	1	3	0
2018-19	26	$5,175,000 $5.18M	NHL	New York Rangers	51	14	28	42	10
2017-18	25	$2,600,000 $2.60M	NHL	New York Rangers	76	25	19	44	18
2016-17	24	$2,600,000 $2.60M	WC	USA	3	2	2	4	4
2016-17	24	$2,600,000 $2.60M	NHL	New York Rangers	76	17	32	49	18												Playoffs	12	0	3	3	0
2015-16	23	$900,000 $900K	NHL	New York Rangers	79	14	22	36	30												Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2014-15	22	$900,000 $900K	NHL	New York Rangers	79	17	28	45	22												Playoffs	19	2	5	7	0
2013-14	21		WC	USA	8	1	1	2	0
2013-14	21		NCAA	Boston College	40	27	38	65	16
2012-13	20		NCAA	Boston College	27	6	19	25	14
2011-12	19		NCAA	Boston College	44	7	21	28	10
2010-11	18		NCAA	Boston College	31	4	10	14	8
2009-10	17		USHS-Prep	Noble & Greenough School	29	25	44	69	8
2009-10	17		NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	2	2	0	2	0
2009-10	17		MSHL 18U	Cape Cod Whalers 18U AAA	25	21	30	51	0
2009-10	17		Hlinka Gretzky Cup	USA U18	4	2	1	3	0
2008-09	16		USHS-Prep	Noble & Greenough School	23	28	27	55	15
2007-08	15		USHS-Prep	Noble & Greenough School	29	8	5	13	2
NHL Totals					777	181	257	438
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

06/29

2024

Hayes, Kevin 2025 Round 2

06/27

2023

Hayes, Kevin

2024 Round 6

06/18

2019

Hayes, Kevin

7yrs

$7,142,857

Cap Hit

06/3

2019

2019 Round 5

Hayes, Kevin

02/25

2019

Hayes, Kevin

Lemieux, Brendan

Transactions & Updates

Oct

Hayes, Kevin

Hayes (upper body) will begin the 2025-26 campaign on injured reserve, per PuckPedia.

Sep

Hayes, Kevin

Hayes (upper body) won't be reevaluated for a month and will miss the start of the 2025-26 campaign, Wes Crosby of NHL.com reports Friday.

Sep

Hayes, Kevin

Hayes sustained an upper-body injury during Thursday's practice, per Wes Crosby of NHL.com.

Sep

Hayes, Kevin

Hayes (lower body) is not listed among the injured players on the Pittsburgh Penguins' training camp roster released Wednesday.

Apr

Hayes, Kevin

Hayes (lower body) won't play in Thursday's game versus the Washington Capitals.

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Contract History

2018-2019 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$5,175,000$5.18M

cap hit$5,175,000$5.18M

expiry 2019 UFA age 27

Signed On Jul 30 2018

Signing Agent Robert Murray

Signed By

Signing GM Jeff Gorton

% Cap Contract Start 6.51%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$5,175,000$5.18M	UFAage 27
AAV	$5,175,000$5.18M
Base	$5,175,000$5.18M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$5,175,000$5.18M
Minors Salary	$5,175,000$5.18M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2016-2018 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$5,200,000$5.20M

cap hit$2,600,000$2.60M

expiry 2018 RFA age 26

Signed On Jul 22 2016

Signing Agent Robert Murray

Signed By

Signing GM Jeff Gorton

% Cap Contract Start 3.56%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$2,600,000$2.60M	$2,600,000$2.60M	RFAage 26
AAV	$2,600,000$2.60M	$2,600,000$2.60M
Base	$2,100,000$2.10M	$2,600,000$2.60M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$500,000$500K	-
Total Salary	$2,600,000$2.60M	$2,600,000$2.60M
Minors Salary	$2,600,000$2.60M	$2,600,000$2.60M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2014-2016 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$7,500,000$7.50M

cap hit$3,750,000$3.75M

expiry 2016 RFA age 24

Signed On Aug 20 2014

Signed By

Signing GM Glen Sather

% Cap Contract Start 1.30%

Signing Status age 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	RFAage 24
AAV	$3,750,000$3.75M	$3,750,000$3.75M
Base	$810,000$810K	$810,000$810K
Performance Bonuses	$2,850,000$2.85M	$2,850,000$2.85M
Signing Bonuses	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K
Total Salary	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year