Tampa Bay Lightning winger Brandon Hagel had 21 goals in 55 games for the Chicago Blackhawks in his breakout 2021-22 season, but did so shooting 22.3%. There was a lot of skepticism about him being traded for two first-round picks and a pair of young forwards Taylor Raddysh and Boris Katchouk. At the time of writing, he was up to 100 games in a Lightning uniform since the start of the 2022-23 season, and he managed 39 goals and 43 assists in that span. Let’s look at what he did in Chicago to entice such a trade, how he’s performed in Tampa Bay, and what kind of fantasy option he can be moving forward. 

Even in 2021-22, Chicago was a bad team. At the time of the Hagel trade, they were dead last in the league in goals/60 at 5-on-5 at 2.07. That number was 2.81/60 with Hagel on the ice and 1.8