At the time of the trade, a reporter suggested Gauthier was influenced by NHL veteran and former Flyer Kevin Hayes to request a trade out of Philadelphia. SanFilippo said Hayes had his “fingerprints all over” the trade, a report both Hayes and Gauthier said was false. But days after the report, Tortorella asked the conference room if SanFilippo was in the room. You think Kevin Hayes is going to do something like that? “Kevin Hayes had nothing to do with the situation at hand,” Gauthier told the Ducks’ official podcast, Ducks Stream.

Source: Fox News January 28, 2024 18:14 UTC