Seravalli: Price of Brandon Hagel “ 1st, Top Prospect + Another Asset”

[Canucks LB]

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[Drew311]

Well it's officially silly season.

 

[Riptide]

Seems really really steep...

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Hagel for Chiarot

 

[Mr Positive]

The league has caught up to Tampa in putting value on these bargain depth pieces. But like all things now the value is too high

 

[Big Empty]

Brandon Hagel is worth a 1st? In this economy?

 

[orby]

Why stop there? I think they should ask for multiple firsts and multiple top prospects. And a pony!

 

[CupInSIX]

So the Coleman value + some 'young & improving player' tax?

I don't know about that one...

 

[Avs44]

He's the sort of guy every contender wants...and he's pacing for ~25 goals and ~50 points. Considering he's 23 and they have zero pressing incentive to move him, Chicago can obviously ask for whatever they want. Contenders have probably have come offering a 1st+, because why wouldn't they, so Chicago will ask for the + to be a top prospect. If they're willing to move Hagel, they'll quibble and negotiate down over what constitutes a top prospect.

Doesn't seem that surprising to me...

 

[Gurglesons]

So Nick Paul is worth the same then.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

They’ll even throw CDH in for free! (Please take him)

 

[Flgatorguy87]

Well at that price the "why not just keep him" argument doesn't make sense, but that seems steep. He's young, cheap, and has time left, but he's been given good line mates and an offensive role this year. Is he still ascending or is this a best case scenario for him?

 

[Empoleon8771]

Lmao looks like Brandon Hagel is going nowhere then

 

[Foppberg]

So a little less than what Eichel got?

Makes sense

 

[sbertram]

is this an episode of PUNKED? the kid has 26 pts

 

[Forge]

So the Coleman value + some 'young & improving player' tax?

I don't know about that one...

The contract is also, somehow, actually better than Coleman's. 2 more years left at 1.5. Coleman had one year left at 1.8 I think.

 

[God]

He is cost controlled at a bargain for 1.5M/year for two more seasons after this one, and an excellent player. Why wouldn't it be a 1st round pick at minimum? If you're a contender with a hole in your middle 6 forwards, you jump on that.

 

[Bruhin]

 

[CupInSIX]

The contract is also, somehow, actually better than Coleman's. 2 more years left at 1.5. Coleman had one year left at 1.8 I think.

How much would it cost for the Blackhawks to retain a large portion? Let's get nuts.

 

[Avs44]

He is cost controlled at a bargain for 1.5M/year for two more seasons after this one, and an excellent player. Why wouldn't it be a 1st round pick at minimum? If you're a contender with a hole in your middle 6 forwards, you jump on that.

I think some people in this thread don't know who the guy is...he's basically the ideal third liner for any contender looking to fill out their forward group. He's built on last year well offensively. And he's just 23 and signed for 2.5 more years at 1.5 million, which, given the cap situation most contenders are in right now with the flat cap, is invaluable. And when it expires, he'll still be an RFA. So yeah, the ask is obviously a 1st+

 

[belair]

Almost guaranteed that one of the teams that offered that was Toronto. They'll be penny-pinching moving forward and a guy like Hagel who can click with skill forwards is a value option at $1.5m over the next two and a half seasons.

If you caught the podcast they tried to fit him in the discussion comparing guys to Coleman and Goodrow. I don't think that he really fits that mold.

So Nick Paul is worth the same then.

Paul is definitely worth a 1st. Different circumstances though. Paul is an impending UFA. He's also a significantly better all-around player.

How likely do you think it is Girgensons gets moved?

 

[CallMeShaft]

He's quietly putting up a 50pt season, he's 23, he's signed for $1.5m for the next two seasons, and he's probably the Hawks best two-way forward.

He's absolutely not a household name, but the asking price does make sense.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Hagel is on pace for 50+ points, is only 23 and is signed for two more years at a steal of a salary at 1.5M.

That's what I'd ask for too.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

I feel like Carolina may be one of the few clubs that has the farm to make a trade like that and to not mortgage their future, but forward isn't really a need for Carolina.

 

[n8]

my first reaction was "who the hell is Brandon Hagel?" like I've heard the name before but I don't know this what this player should be known for other than this tweet. Is he like this year's version of the Barclay Goodrow trade which I laughed at but then Goodrow made me eat crow? Twice.