Carl Hagelin

Please welcome Carl Hagelin to the blooper reel after this gnarly wipe out

On Wednesday, the NHL instagram account was taken over by skills coach Daniel Broberg, more popularly known as @db_hockey_factory. The takeover highlighted a handful of NHL players currently in Stockholm, Sweden getting ready for camp.

Among the handful of players was the Capitals’ very own left winger, Carl Hagelin! He glided around the ice, showing off some sweet skills training moves but, more importantly, he got a tad tripped up and still managed to gracefully pull off a tumble to the ice.

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Carl Hagelin cites Capitals’ Stanley Cup window and role on team for re-signing. ‘I don’t think I ever thought about going to free agency.’

From the outside looking in, there was no guarantee the Washington Capitals or trade-deadline pickup Carl Hagelin would come to a contract agreement heading into the summer. Hagelin, a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins, was coming off an expensive four-year, $16 million contract. With how close the Capitals were to the salary cap and how many important free agents they had now and in the future, a deal seemed far-fetched.

But late last week, after freeing up $3.405 million and addressing a need on defense (Radko Gudas) with the Matt Niskanen deal, the Caps found enough money to bring Hagelin back with a four-year, $11 million deal that’s worth $2.75 million per season.

According to Hagelin, he never even considered becoming an unrestricted free agent.

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Capitals re-sign Carl Hagelin for four years, $2.75 million per

The Capitals’ busy offseason continues. After swapping Matt Niskanen for Radko Gudas, Washington has re-signed forward Carl Hagelin for four more years at $2.75 million per.

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