Carl Hagelin was one of the good ones.
The Swedish winger, who spent four seasons with the New York Rangers, announced his retirement from the NHL on Wednesday due to an eye injury that had sidelined him for more than a year.
The Rangers drafted Hagelin in the sixth-round of the 2007 NHL Draft and he turned out to be one of the squad’s top forwards on the left-side during his 2011-2015 Blueshirt stint.
Traded in June 2015 to Anaheim, nobody has quite replicated Hagelin’s flair and swagger on Broadway since his departure. His distinct speed and style made him nearly unstoppable on the breakaway and propelled the team in big moments.