2022 Player Report Card: John Hayden

John Hayden in the 2022 Heritage Classic.New month, new Buffalo Sabres report cards! Next up, we’ll focus in on John Hayden.

Total Season Stats: 55 GP | 2 G | 2 A | 4 PTS

Age: 27

Contract Status: Hayden signed a one-year deal out of free agency on July 29, 2021 for the league-minimum $750,000. He will be an unrestricted free agent this summer.

Hayden doing what he was brought here to do.When Sabres fans complain that the team lacks “toughness” or the “big guys” of yore, they’re clearly ignoring John Hayden. At 6’3”, 223 lbs., Hayden brought the physicality that Sabres management expected, as well as some familiarity with head coach Don Granato’s way of doing business, having played under…