Confirmed Trade: [WSH/LAK] Carl Hagelin (50% retained) for a 2019 3rd round pick and a conditional 2020 6th round pck

[txpd]

Not only once but twice. Oof

I know, right? His influence in the Caps locker room is epic.

 

[BrookswasHere44]

I know, right? His influence in the Caps locker room is epic.

You literally CAN'T convince me this is true. Let's just keep moving

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

He won 2 cups with the pens. Doesn't feel great to see him on the caps even if his hands are starting to go.

 

[stepdad gaary]

No, you're putting words in my mouth. My point was no one trades for Carl Hagelin going "whoa, scoring boost." You're being deliberately obtuse but I can't blame you because neither facts nor the eye test are in your favor.

how are stats not in my favor of saying hagelin has fallen off. again, youre saying he's still good at defense, sure. That doesnt mean he hasnt fallen off. which is what im saying.

 

[txpd]

You literally CAN'T convince me this is true. Let's just keep moving

 

[BHD]

First off, I'm still trying to accept the fact that Hagelin will be wearing a Caps uniform.

That aside, this could be a good move for the Caps. I say "could" because Hags has to be skating to be effective. Even when he's not scoring, he uses his speed to create opportunities and keep plays alive. The problem was that he stopped doing that near the end in Pittsburgh. Other than killing penalties, he was invisible. However, I can see him thriving with Caps, especially if he PKs next to Eller or Backstrom.

Also, expect him to fan on a TON of chances.

 

[JohnCarlsaurus]

This is a marginal downpayment on Ted having to pay Jagr all that money to play for the Rangers.

Ouch, still too soon

 

[playasRus]

The caps HBK line

hagelin-backstrom-trade for someone whose last name starts with K

Kessler would actually be interesting if they need PK help

 

[stepdad gaary]

I'm just messing around, trying to have a little fun about a bottom 6 trade.

oh ok. was it fun?

 

[StephenPeat]

Ouch, still too soon

Jagr is just that guy that got trucked by Ovechkin in the World Cup, nothing more nothing less, may he burn in agony.

 

[Shagged Yer Nan]

oh ok. was it fun?

I laughed. You should try it sometime.

 

[PG Canuck]

Kessler would actually be interesting if they need PK help

That's probably one of the worst player suggestions someone could've came up with.

 

[Osprey]

Wrong...he traded Pearson in the hopes of shaking the team up, Pittsburgh in order take on Pearson's salary had to get rid of Hagelin, which gave Blake two added benefits, UFA and the ability flip him, ultimately, he traded Tanner Pearson for a 3rd and a 6th, which is absolutely, fine.

I'm not sure what you think the purpose of "shaking the team up" is if it's not to try to turn the season around, which is what I said. I wish that you would've tried a little harder to understand my argument, especially if you were going to be rude by calling me wrong.

Osprey is right, which I am not a big fan of saying.

Thanks, I guess .

 

[and 99 others]

I know he won 2 cups with the Pens but it’s so weird to see Pens fans ‘claiming’ Hags as their own.

In addition to being drafted by NYR he spent almost twice as long in their organization during his formative years, scoring big goals against the Penguins en route to the Rangers finals run.

Is it really that weird for Pens fans to see him on the caps?

 

[Fatty McLardy]

I know he won 2 cups with the Pens but it’s so weird to see Pens fans ‘claiming’ Hags as their own.

In addition to being drafted by NYR he spent almost twice as long in their organization during his formative years, scoring big goals against the Penguins en route to the Rangers finals run.

Is it really that weird for Pens fans to see him on the caps?

Hagelin will be in the Penguins lore for a long time just because of his contribution to the pens cup runs and that HBK line, i know the rangers had him longer, but its a special bond with the team when they win the cup, let alone 2 in row. Even Hagelin said that even though he was here for only 2 years it felt like lot longer, because of that bond.

 

[kladorf2005]

I'm surprised how many people think this was a bad move for the Caps.

Hagelin is as good as or better than DSP in just about every way. Sure, they both stink offensively. But when looking at speed, penalty killing and defense - it's not even close.

Caps got better over the last 24 hours and all it cost them was essentially a late 3rd

 

[Revelation]

Will be interesting if we can leverage Hagelin/Burakovsky/Stephenson/Vrana for max speed up and down the lineup. If only we could pry Miles Wood out of NJ somehow.

 

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

Hagelins the type of player that is extremely effective even if he's not on the score sheet. Wouldn't worry too much about the stat line

 

[Seventyx7]

I know he won 2 cups with the Pens but it’s so weird to see Pens fans ‘claiming’ Hags as their own.

In addition to being drafted by NYR he spent almost twice as long in their organization during his formative years, scoring big goals against the Penguins en route to the Rangers finals run.

Is it really that weird for Pens fans to see him on the caps?

Forget the Pens, Rangers, AND Caps. His mark on the Kings will live on forever.

 

[bouncesonly]

He can PK? I don't think I've seen him PK as a King. Oh well lol.

You might be able to say that about the entire bench

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Question for the Pens fans chiming in here. Would you guys prefer to have Hagelin back over Pearson? I see that of late Pearson has either been a healthy scratch or relegated to the fourth line.

 

[FameFlame069]

I thought the most anyone could retain on a contract was 50%? Pittsburgh already retained on his contract to make it an even salary swap when he was traded for Pearson.

I'm kinda sad to see him go because even though he has no offense he clicked with Kempe and Kovalchuk.

Technically two teams can retain 50% each, look at Dubnyk trade, so a 4M contract can be retained down to 1M if he's traded from team A with 50%(down to 2M) to team B traded to team C with another 50% retained(down to 1M)

Basically any bad contract (Lucic lets use) can be down to 1.5M if both Oilers and Team B both retained 50% each(I'm pretty sure he's at 6M right?)

 

[Newsworthy]

It kind of looks like Caps got him for free.

 

[SlickShot]

Hagelin on the move again, second time this season. He'll be happy though to be on a playoff team once again.

 

[Little Psycho]

Question for the Pens fans chiming in here. Would you guys prefer to have Hagelin back over Pearson? I see that of late Pearson has either been a healthy scratch or relegated to the fourth line.

Damn is that what Pears has become