Speculation: Robert Hägg

[Eye of Ra]

Why is he always playing, if he sucks so much? Gordon liked him, Vigneault likes him. How come?

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[Curufinwe]

He’s the #6.

83 games at 15:38 the past two years

70 games at 18:08 as rookie under Hak

 

[Flyerfan4life]

cuz the Flyers love Plugs...

they simply have to have at least 1 every godam season...

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

f*** my life

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Brandon Manning is gone, so somebody has to carry on the torch of absolute suckage.

Might as well be Hägg.

 

[Striiker]

Stupid GMs and stupid coaches do stupid things.

Hagg is horrible but dumb people think he's not.

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[Beef Invictus]

Why is he always playing, if he sucks so much? Gordon liked him, Vigneault likes him. How come?

The Flyers are run by people who make bad decisions and they hire people who value those bad decisions

 

[DancingPanther]

Why is he always playing, if he sucks so much? Gordon liked him, Vigneault likes him. How come?

I was wondering if you still have your adenoids?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

/thread

Yes, please @Beef Invictus.

 

[TB87]

The height and weight is off but the POV still tracks.

 

[Curufinwe]

The Flyers are run by people who make bad decisions and they hire people who value those bad decisions

So you must prefer Fletcher and AV to Hextall and Hak since Hagg’s role has decreased significantly since the management change.

 

[Beef Invictus]

So you must prefer Fletcher and AV to Hextall and Hak since Hagg’s role has decreased significantly since the management change.

I do prefer them to the previous regime, but this is like preferring broccoli to a pile of rat dung. They're both horrific to eat.

 

[mja]

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The height and weight is off but the POV still tracks.

And he's not even particularly good at that!

 

[Hockeypete49]

Why is he always playing, if he sucks so much? Gordon liked him, Vigneault likes him. How come?

The guy is a dam good d man. 5-6. He plays the game the right way..

 

[BritainStix]

He's good at taking up a spot on the roster that should have been assigned to

Friedman
Morin
Zamula
Ghost

 

[TCTC]

He hasn't even had a bad season. Especially for his role. If there's one defenseman we should be worried about, it's Myers. I would even say Hagg has outperformed Myers this year.

 

[Ironmanrulez]

I cant drink enough when iam reading this shit every few days. The Flyers make me drink too hard! f*** my life and the Flyers

 

[Prongo]

The guy is a dam good d man. 5-6. He plays the game the right way..

By almost all metrics isn’t he one of the worst defenseman in the league? What’s the right way to play the game? Put the puck off the glass and relinquish position? Because if that’s what you mean then yes he is damn good at that.

Don’t worry though, once he’s gone Ginning will step in and take his spot.

 

[Starat327]

The guy is a dam good d man. 5-6. He plays the game the right way..

 

[Beef Invictus]

My favorite Hagg trait is how he occasionally BSODs and his partner ends up having to play both sides

 

[deadhead]

Even with his horrid start this season, Hagg ranks (among 175 D-men with 450+ 5x5 minutes):
89th in xGF%
46th in CF%
76th in xGA/60
97th in HDCA/60
PDO .984

Since Lake Tahoe he's posted some ridiculous metrics:
CF 56.26%, CFrel +0.57, xGF 56.21%, xGFrel +3.28
22 games is a sizeable sample.

Is he as good as these metrics? Of course not.
Has he made a significant jump since Tahoe? Of course.
At 25, with an affordable salary, he's an attractive 3rd pair guy at this point in his career.

So Seattle will have to choose between Ghost and Hagg?

 

[Ironmanrulez]

The guy is a dam good d man. 5-6. He plays the game the right way..

Ironie? Sarcasm? One can hope

 

[Curufinwe]

By almost all metrics isn’t he one of the worst defenseman in the league? What’s the right way to play the game? Put the puck off the glass and relinquish position? Because if that’s what you mean then yes he is damn good at that.

Don’t worry though, once he’s gone Ginning will step in and take his spot.

Ginning was a Hextall pick. I doubt he even gets signed.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

I think Hagg is by far the most likely expansion choice, barring a trade to entice them to take JVR.

 

[dragonoffrost]

Kale