If we go into the season with our current roster as Is, plus the addition of Sprong on the top 6, this is one hell of a team from top to bottom.
That being said, I guess we're gonna stick with Hags for the duration of his contract then? Never been much of a fan of his cap hit in all honesty...
I don’t think it matters for Sprong with top 6 and he just needs top 9 because on any of those lines he will have talent to work with.
Also I think Hagelin is an important player on the team. When you play an aggressive forechecking system designed on speed like we do then players Hagelin and Rust are a necessity I wish we would of added Grabner because I want that type of player on every line. Also those types of players are great PK types.
I have always been a believer in balanced lines with playmaker, goal scorer, and a forechecker to do the dirty work. Of course a player can have more than one of those abilities.
I do agree I would rather have Hagelin on less of a cap hit although with the way contracts are rising he is not grossly overpaid anymore. I believe he is in the neighborhood of Rust. In fact during the first of the back to back Cups I said I believed Rust will become a Hagelin type. Unfortunately Hagelin is not producing as much as back then when HBK was producing like a top line. Hagelin also was coming off back to back 17 goal seasons before that season also. I still believe he is worth $3 to $3.5 million a year for all the little things he brings to the team.
Haggling actually played pretty well after a bad first half. He finished with 31 points which is near his norm of mid 30’s. His 10 goals was a little off his 14-17 goal type seasons but I believe he is capable of hitting near those numbers.