Quoting: msekkes
Hagg actually developed nicely this year and was a 2nd rounder. He's still only a 3rd pairing dman but he throws the body around, blocks a lot of shots, and was having a solid season. His scouting report was projected to be a solid two way dman but never developed much of an offensive game. Honestly at this point I wouldn't trade him away for a 2nd round pick and wait and see how he continues to develop.
I agree whole heartedly and think you underestimate his offense. He averages over 0.25 pts a game, over an 82 game season hes a 20-28 pt guy, with NO PP time in 3rd pairing minutes, that's actually really good.
Hes young, cheap, hits, blocks shots and is a very capable 3rd pairing guy. He was benched behind provorov, sanheim and gotisbehere, which is a faily well stocked LD.
Some fans who criticize him are the same ones that celebrating the well protected Mezsaros (who played behind pronger, Timonen, carle and Coburn). The team played so much better with Hagg in the lineup, whos reliable.
Hes worth a late 2nd rounder no doubt. But I think Philly tries to move Ghost and his 4.5mil before they move Hagg for futures. (In fact with puck rushers provorov, myers, sanheim, niskanen, ghost all usually around the 30 points or more mark and York, zamula and a boatload of more puck rushing dman prospects, Hagg has more value as a stay at home type).
Is Hagg expendable, sure, but he has value and has been reliable in his role.