Haymes, of Dartmouth College, will join the Toronto Marlies for the conclusion of their AHL season.
The Dartmouth roster lists Haymes at 6’1/200 lbs., a perfectly adequate size for a modern center prospect. Haymes hails from Ottawa, and the Senators were said to be interested, although Haymes decided to play for Ontario’s real team instead. In fact, there were a great number of teams involved in the sweepstakes, with Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet having reported on the pursuit of Haymes several times, including in late February when he wrote that Tampa Bay and the Rangers were some of the teams interested in the player besides the Leafs.