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Originally Posted by mile
Imagine if the Lightning got rid of Hagel after he put up only 7 points in 22 games after the deadline...
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Hagel was relegated to the third line after the trade. He started producing when he usage changed.
There is a reason why they gave up 2 first round picks for him.
But your point stands for the premise that you need to give players some time to adapt. No use dumping either one for cents on the dollar, let's see how they do next year.
They look better than their production numbers, but they'd almost have to.