{"id":80335,"date":"2020-07-15T02:55:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T06:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=80335"},"modified":"2020-07-15T03:55:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T07:55:20","slug":"washington-capitals-lars-eller-and-carl-hagelin-set-to-leave-hub-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/07\/15\/washington-capitals-lars-eller-and-carl-hagelin-set-to-leave-hub-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Capitals Lars Eller and Carl Hagelin Set to Leave Hub City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/capitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Capitals<\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/ellerla01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lars Eller<\/a><\/strong> and<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hagelca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carl Hagelin<\/a><\/strong>, are preparing to leave their team&#8217;s hub city. Both players will be welcoming a new child to their respective families.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Carl Hagelin on if he thought about opting out with a young family\/a baby on the way in Sept:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, I spoke to my wife too and she said as long as you come back when the kid is born, you&#8217;re welcome to leave.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DgeI7OI5FM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/DgeI7OI5FM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamanthaJPell\/status\/1283078591308324864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Eller and Hagelin Set To Leave<\/h2>\n<p>Both decisions are certainly understandable, and it is a situation the NHL has taken into consideration. Under the NHL&#8217;s protocol, players are allowed to leave their hub cities and return under specific situations. The birth of a child is one of them. In order to be able to play upon their return, both players will need to quarantine and test negatively for COVID-19 for four straight days.<\/p>\n<h3>Eller&#8217;s Decision<\/h3>\n<p>Eller&#8217;s second child is due on August 8th. The Capitals will play their final game of their round-robin tournament on the same day. The first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs start three days later. Given the NHL&#8217;s requirements for returning, Eller will miss some playoff games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re going to have to take a lot of precautions for when you leave,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2020\/07\/14\/with-babies-due-lars-eller-carl-hagelin-prepare-enter-leave-nhl-bubble\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eller<\/a>. \u201cDepending on how you travel and you travel back and forth and who you\u2019re going to be in contact with and so on, I\u2019ll have to serve some time inside the bubble and test a number of times before I can join my teammates again and play games. We\u2019re working on trying to figure out how we do that the best possible way. That\u2019s what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Hagelin&#8217;s Decision<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80342\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80342\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/07\/gettyimages-Carl-Hagelin.jpg\" alt=\"Lars Eller Carl Hagelin\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/07\/gettyimages-Carl-Hagelin.jpg 594w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/07\/gettyimages-Carl-Hagelin-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; MARCH 04: Carl Hagelin #62 of the Washington Capitals shoots against the Philadelphia Flyers during the second period at Capital One Arena on March 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hagelin&#8217;s situation is a little more complicated. His second child is not expected until September. The Stanley Cup Playoffs will be well on their way by then. Depending on the date the child is born, Hagelin could miss some second-round games and possibly even games in the Eastern Conference Finals. That of course, is assuming the Capitals advance out of the first round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I spoke to my wife, too, and she said, as long as you come back when the kid is born, you\u2019re welcome to leave,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2020\/07\/14\/with-babies-due-lars-eller-carl-hagelin-prepare-enter-leave-nhl-bubble\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Hagelin<\/a> said. \u201cShe knows hockey is a big part of my life and it\u2019s a big part of our family\u2019s life, and so we have an opportunity here to win the Stanley Cup and that\u2019s the goal right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Family Considerations<\/h3>\n<p>Eller and Hagelin are not the only players who are making decisions based on their family&#8217;s situations. Former Capitals <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/alzneka01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karl Alzner<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=greenmi03,greenmi02&amp;search=Mike+Green&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Green<\/a><\/strong> chose to opt out of the playoffs entirely. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blues\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Louis Blues<\/a>&#8216; forward<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/barbaiv01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ivan Barbashev<\/a><\/strong> has a child due in the next few months, but there is no official word on if he will leave the team or stay.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Pxc0pYRbQhVKLwMw2_jqdw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1202919545\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Pxc0pYRbQhVKLwMw2_jqdw',sig:'U6XraBGV8V8zio45VaXDmOLynTxiAsvgFVYUS_emkrQ=',w:'594px',h:'411px',items:'1202919545',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two members of the Washington Capitals, Lars Eller and Carl Hagelin, are preparing to leave their team&#8217;s hub city. 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