NHL’s Top 10 Contracts of 2025: Which Stars Are Winning Big—and Who’s the Biggest Surprise?
2. Brandon Hagel
Contract: $6.5M x seven years
Surplus Value: $43.0M
Positive Value Probability: 98 percent
When Brandon Hagel signed an eight-year extension in the summer of 2023, he was coming off a breakthrough 64-point season — an impressive feat given his lack of time on the top power play. Combine that with his ability to drive play and Hagel was starting to look like a core piece for the Lightning as a potential top-line threat. The max-term deal was a no-brainer, and while there was some sticker shock for some, the $6.5 million cap hit looked like one that would age pretty well (his market value at the time was around $7 million).
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