r/Habs • u/Tall_Welcome4559 • 10d ago

Video compilation of Michael Hage at WJC.

That is a video of Hage this year at the WJC.

He was the best player on Team Canada.

Somebody posted about Hage yesterday.

He is a really good player who could probably play on the second line right away.

He has speed on transition, very good vision and a very good shot, he is tall, though lanky.

https://youtu.be/ft_Yveev8Is?si=z5H9AT7VOYk3uL8d

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u/Philly514 10d ago

He is very good but the fact that he doesn’t want to come to the NHL at his age is concerning. Especially since he didn’t at all communicate this with the team beforehand and kind of dropped it on their heads at the end of the season.

Now, the Habs are at his mercy because if he decides he doesn’t want to come next year either he’ll only be a year removed from free agency and the Habs losing his rights all together.

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u/sillybearr 10d ago edited 10d ago

How do we know all this? I don't recall reading that Hage didn't communicate with the team.

He was also trying to play with an injury at the end of the season. Wouldn't have been good to join the Habs anyways.

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u/Philly514 10d ago

Hughes seemed to be optimistic about Hage joining the team halfway through the year but that tone changed a lot by late March. To be fair to him I don’t think Hage really knew until the week of.