Kinkaid, Hayes Traded at NHL Deadline

A pair of former NCAA players left the New York metropolitan era on Monday at the 2019 NHL trading deadline.

New Jersey Devils goaltender Keith Kinkaid (Union College) and New York Rangers forward Kevin Hayes (Boston College) were dealt to the Columbus Blue Jackets and Winnipeg Jets, respectively, prior to the trading deadline at 3 p.m. ET. Kincaid went for a second-round draft choice in the 2022 NHL Draft, while Hayes was exchanged for Brendan Lemieux, plus a 2019 first-round draft selection and a 2022 conditional fourth-round choice.

Kinkaid, 29, a Farmingville, N.Y. native, signed with New Jersey as a free agent in 2011. In 151 career NHL regular-season outings, all with the Devils, he has posted a 64-55-17 record with a 2.90 goals-against average and seven shutouts. Last season he went 26-10-3 in a career-high 41 appearances, and also backstopped the Devils to their first Stanley Cup Playoff berth since 2012. In two seasons at Union, the 6-foot-3 netminder went 37-18-6 and led the Dutchmen to their first-ever NCAA Division I Tournament berth in 2011 before signing with New Jersey as a free agent.

Hayes, 26, from Dorchester, Mass. was originally drafted 24th overall in 2010 by the Chicago Blackhawks. He turned pro with the Rangers in 2014 as a free agent and has spent his entire career to date in the NHL and with New York, collecting 87 goals and 129 assists for 216 points in 361 regular-season games. The 6-foot-5 center scored a career-high 25 goals in 76 games a year ago, and also has 10 points all-time in 34 Stanley Cup Playoff contests. He played at Boston College from 2010 to 2014, notching 44-88—132 points in 142 outings. He won an NCAA title as a sophomore at BC, before recording 27 goals and 65 points as a senior while also earning Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist status.