Carl Hagelin met with media for the Washington Capitals' end of year press availability. Hagelin shared that the choroid in his left eye ruptured during freak accident in practice when a stick hit him "right in the eyeball." Hagelin is still working his way back after 2 surgeries, and he knows vision will never be 100% but optimistic about playing hockey again.
In his fourth season with the Caps, Hagelin had 14 points in 53 games. The 33 year old mostly played fourth line minutes with Nic Dowd and Garnet Hatahway. The trio regularly skated the toughest minutes in the most defensive situations. In over 340 of those minutes at five-on-five, they returned a splendid 54-percent shot attempts for percentage, 51.9-percent expected goals-for percentage, 52.5-percent scoring chance for percentage, and 56.4-percent high danger chance for percentage.