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Originally Posted by Sandman
I actually had some arguments defending Hagel when TB aquired him. My contention at the time was that Hagel would continue getting top-6 minutes with the Lightning, and some other posters didn’t see his value.
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I think it was more that people didn't see the need to spend 2 1sts (and other pieces) for Hagel.
Even though Hagel has been great for Tampa, I'm still not sure I'm sold on the cost.
Raddysh, Moore (19 OV) , and Eiserman (20 OV) looks to be a pretty good haul in return...(Chicago flipped the Eiserman pick too and turned that into Boisvert and Artamonov).
But 2 top 20 picks is a big price to pay for Hagel, even though he has really improved his production to be a key top 6 forward for Tampa.