Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois, wanting to avoid a salary negotiation with forward Brandon Hagel in the summer of 2024, on Tuesday granted him an eight-year contract extension worth an average of $6.5 million a year.
As such, next season the 24-year-old hockey player will complete the three-year, $4.5 million contract he signed with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2021.
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Hagel was acquired on March 18, 2022 and had personal bests with 30 goals and 34 assists for 64 points in 81 games last regular season. In the first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs, he picked up five points in six games.
The winger has 132 points in 211 games since his National League debut.