He’s worn three different jerseys in the past year, and struggled immensely in his first change of address. Yet, Wednesday night, Carl Hagelin was back at the Garden, back in the frenzied atmosphere of the postseason — except this time as one of the villains.
“It’s been a weird year, that’s for sure,” the former Rangers winger said following the Penguins’ morning skate, before Game 3 of an opening-round playoff series even at one game apiece. “Getting traded twice in one [year], all the way out west and back to the east, play in the same division I started my career in.