Brandon Hagel

[JoVel]

Every single Lightning fan I saw

I really don't know which Lightning fans you've been hanging out with because there's like 2 or 3 of them here on HF who've said that.

 

[aylib]

Every single Lightning fan I saw

Not even close

 

[DFC]

How do Lightning fans feel about the shocking trade that nabbed him for two first-rounders (and more)? I know it may seem like an obvious one given his stats of the last three years, but as an Avs fan I mostly remember him being invisible in the 2022 playoffs and thinking that the Bolts didn't get a lot of bang for the buck to support their threepeat. Not hating the player, I just think it's an interesting case of a win-now/keep-it-going dilemma.

Turned out he was playing on a broken foot.

 

[ClydeLee]

Hagel was quite good and impactful vs the Leafs in round 1 that year. And the Leafs could of traded for Hagel but didn't choose to go for it

 

[ColbyChaos]

59 points in 56 games that season. Maybe he didn't "blow the doors off", but he was ~ a point per game.

He had only 49 pts in 72 GP his draft year and being PPG in the CHL as an overager isn’t exactly a huge achievement considering you are playing guys 3 years younger

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I don't know if mentioned, but he was invited to the Habs camp and they passed on him, too..

 

[I am not exposed]

Always makes me crave a bagel when I see his name.

 

[AvroArrow]

Hagel was quite good and impactful vs the Leafs in round 1 that year. And the Leafs could of traded for Hagel but didn't choose to go for it

Asking price was way too high

Knies + 1st (Easton Cowan)

Considering play style, Knies is a better fit. Big body guy that hits, Hagel would be another smaller skilled guy, we got too many of those already.

I'd much rather have Knies and Cowan in the system vs Hagel. Just a better fit for our roster and Cowan has lots of potential as well.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

Because why would have a Brandon Hagel when you can have a Hand in Bagel?

 

[bov]

Who fooled themselves regarding Serg being elite 1D?

Serg is absolutely a #1 and will be for a very long time.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Significantly better contract and value, he costs half as much as Nylander.

Not the better player, not even close. If you wanna be fooled the way you guys fooled yourselves about Sergachev being some elite 1D, be my guest.

Better value, absolutely Hagel ainec. Better player, Nylander.

Nobody on the Tampa board ever said that?

We knew much better than anybody else what Sergy was. We actually watched him every game, you know.

Nylander is better than Hagel but at this value you take Hagel every day of the week and it's not even close