On his first visit back to Madison Square Garden as a visiting player, Kevin Hayes had something he needed to get off his chest.
Before his new team, the Philadelphia Flyers, played his old team, the Rangers, Hayes, the 27-year-old center who was dealt away by the Rangers at the February trade deadline, felt the need to clear up some remarks he’d made on Saturday in Philadelphia, when he said of the Rangers: “I don’t even know half the team anymore to be honest . . . They got rid of all the good guys – good locker room guys.