{"id":139811,"date":"2023-08-22T10:58:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=139811"},"modified":"2023-08-22T10:58:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:58:19","slug":"tampa-bay-lightning-brandon-hagel-re-signs-deserved-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/08\/22\/tampa-bay-lightning-brandon-hagel-re-signs-deserved-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Lightning Brandon Hagel Re-signs Deserved Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> and General Manager Julien Brisebois have announced a large eight-year contract extension as Brandon Hagel re-signs.<\/p>\n<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that left winger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hagelbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-22_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Hagel<\/a> re-signs with the club. General Manager Julien Brisebois made the announcement today that Hagel has signed an eight-year extension, with an average annual salary of $6.5 million. The contract sees Hagel signed through the 2031-32 campaign. This contract is a testament to Hagel\u2019s work ethic and is well-deserved.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EIGHT \ud83d\udc4f MORE \ud83d\udc4f YEARS \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve signed forward Brandon Hagel to an eight-year contract extension worth an AAV of $6.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcdd: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rBHDnqHmQS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/rBHDnqHmQS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DKdqixKTcA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/DKdqixKTcA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBLightning\/status\/1693978537953276221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Brandon Hagel Re-signs An Eight-year Extension With The Tampa Bay Lightning<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Saskatoon native is coming off his first career 30-goal season. At 24 years old, he could well put together many more of them. Thus far, in four NHL campaigns, he has split time between the Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay. Over that time, Hagel has amassed 64 goals, 68 assists, and 132 points over 211 games. He is an extremely reliable forward, evidenced by his takeaway, giveaway differential. Last year, he was a plus 44 in that regard (92 takeaways and 48 giveaways). Also, he had the best CF% Rel of his career at 3.3. Even though he may fly under the radar, Hagel\u2019s 2022-23, and suspected subsequent career trajectory is well worth the investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What Does This Mean For The Tampa Bay Lightning<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For the Tampa Bay Lightning, it is business as usual for the perennial cup contenders. It does demand the question, when will their window begin to close? According to Capfriendly.com, they currently sit at nearly $7 million over the cap limit. Now, it is nothing to panic about, as this is likely allotted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/seabrbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-22_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brent Seabrook<\/a> on LTIR at $6.875 million. However, they are at the cap limit best-case scenario. So, assuming the current roster plays and performs, then everything should be smooth. Moreover, the Lightning have a couple of things working with them. For starters, the salary cap is anticipated to go up over the next couple of NHL seasons. Next, they have several key roster pieces locked up for an extended period and kudos to Brisebois for his diligence. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pointbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-22_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brayden Point<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/cirelan01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-22_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Cirelli<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/paulni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-22_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Paul<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sergami01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-22_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikhail Sergachev<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/cernaer01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-22_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erik Cernak<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/tampa-bay-lightning-sign-f-brandon-hagel-to-eight-year-52m-extension-1.1998604\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all under contract until<\/a> 2029-30 or beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main photo: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning and General Manager Julien Brisebois have announced a large eight-year contract extension as Brandon Hagel re-signs. The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that left winger Brandon Hagel re-signs with the club. General Manager Julien Brisebois made the announcement today that Hagel has signed an eight-year extension, with an average annual salary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4222,"featured_media":139812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4547,34,4548],"tags":[5088,3711,662,42],"class_list":["post-139811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lightning","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-brandon-hagel","tag-julien-brisebois","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-tampa-bay-lightning"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}