Carl Hagelin is having a rough season.
How rough? Well, through nearly half a season, the 33-year-old wing has put the puck in the net just three times... and two of those were into empty nets... and one of those was his own goal.
Brutal. And somewhat emblematic of a campaign in which (so far, at least), little has gone right or well for Hagelin, who recently did a stint on the COVID list. Let’s take a deeper dive, shall we?
Offense
Hagelin has never been expected to be a big offensive contributor in Washington (except, of course, when he was playing for other teams in the postseason).