$7 million man Kevin Hayes will be a healthy scratch for the Flyers tonight

Less than two years into a seven year, $50 million contract and he's riding the pine.

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Published on April 29, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.

$7 million man Kevin Hayes will be a healthy scratch for the Flyers tonight — Photo Credit: Zuma Press

According to a report from Philadelphia Flyers insider Bill Meltzer, Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault will make forward Kevin Hayes a healthy scratch (kinda) for tonight's game against the New Jersey Devils. Vigneault said that Hayes isn't 100% exactly but implied that Hayes wouldn't be playing regardless of a clean bill of health.

Kevin Hayes is a semi-healthy scratch tonight. AV said he isn't 100 percent but that's not only reason he is sitting.
— Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) April 29, 2021

Ouch... that's not good.

Hayes is less than two seasons into a seven year deal that pays him more than $7 million annually... and now he's riding the pine. Double ouch. For what it's worth the 27 year old forward has 11 goals and 27 points in 49 games this season.

Source: Bill Meltzer