{"time":1740502476205,"blocks":[{"id":"MgDp5Sb6sy","type":"image","data":{"caption":"Robert Hägg playing for the Detroit Red Wings in 2023. © Brian Bradshaw Sevald-Imagn Images","withBorder":false,"withBackground":false,"stretched":false,"file":{"url":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/deweb-519a7.appspot.com/o/posts%2FTHNINTL%2Fcontent-images%2F93b03425-9fb2-4628-b5df-5e46788ceb26.jpeg?alt=media","width":4241,"height":2828}}},{"id":"eitK-B1hV6","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"\nThere’s a very good chance that Swedish\ndefenseman Robert Hägg will\nbe returning home to play for MoDo\nÖrnsköldsvik, according to HockeyNews.se reporter Mattias Persson. \n\n"}},{"id":"EstmkGQNOu","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"“As\nI understand it, moving home is very much in play,” Persson said in\nthe latest episode of his podcast MP & Hanson. “It’s down to\neither MoDo or re-signing with Vegas Golden Knights.” \n"}},{"id":"m7kq7ekj","type":"video","data":{"url":"https://us-central1-deweb-519a7.cloudfunctions.net/mediaService-api/videos/32cb56f3-f4ea-4547-abcd-911042e1d1eb/mp4","caption":"","autoplay":false,"controls":true,"muted":false,"stretched":true,"width":0,"height":0,"image":{"url":"https://us-central1-deweb-519a7.cloudfunctions.net/mediaService-api/videos/32cb56f3-f4ea-4547-abcd-911042e1d1eb/thumbnail"},"cdn":{"videoId":"32cb56f3-f4ea-4547-abcd-911042e1d1eb","libraryId":"372172","collectionId":"30032062-eefd-4041-a355-12ad05bc987b","cdnBaseUrl":"https://vz-052fc010-b27.b-cdn.net","mp4Url":"https://us-central1-deweb-519a7.cloudfunctions.net/mediaService-api/videos/32cb56f3-f4ea-4547-abcd-911042e1d1eb/mp4","thumbnailUrl":"https://us-central1-deweb-519a7.cloudfunctions.net/mediaService-api/videos/32cb56f3-f4ea-4547-abcd-911042e1d1eb/thumbnail","previewAnimationUrl":"https://vz-052fc010-b27.b-cdn.net/32cb56f3-f4ea-4547-abcd-911042e1d1eb/preview.webp"}}},{"id":"0wdUss2Pyn","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Hägg,\nthe second-round pick of the Philadelphia Flyers\nin 2013, was an NHL regular from 2017 to 2023, mostly for\nPhiladelphia but he also had stints with the Buffalo Sabres, Florida\nPanthers and Detroit Red Wings. However, he’s only played seven NHL\ngames over the past two seasons combined, leading to renewed\nspeculation that the 30-year-old’s days in North America are\ndrawing to a close."}},{"id":"Vhuogj8VVU","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Hägg\nsigned a one-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks\nin the summer of 2023 but, after having what he felt was a strong\ntraining camp, he was sent to the minors, beginning a year-long\nordeal that he described in an interview with Upsala Nya Tidning last\nsummer. \n"}},{"id":"4wPFODEY18","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"“Why\ndid you even sign me at all?,” he reportedly asked at one point\nwhen he was returned to the minors after a five-game mid-season stint\nwith the Ducks. “I’m not a junior anymore, I’ve been playing\nhere for 10 years. You had this in mind when you signed me, so why\ncouldn’t you be honest from the start? They had no answer, so it\nwas just a matter of biting the bullet and soldiering on.” \n"}},{"id":"qDiB5tC_hP","type":"linkTool","data":{"link":"https://thehockeynews.com/international/players/robert-hagg-to-anaheim-why-did-you-even-sign-me-at-all","meta":{"title":"Robert Hägg to Anaheim: “Why did you even sign me at all?”","site_name":"The Hockey News","description":"Last month, while he was still considering his options for the 2024-25 season, Robert Hägg gave an interview with a Swedish reporter for Expressen.se where he expressed some of his disappointment with how things worked out in Anaheim.\n","image":{"url":"https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/MjA2OTQyMDY1NzgxNjQ2Mzg3/usatsi_20071977.jpg","width":null,"height":null}}}},{"id":"vqMYD557h8","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Reportedly,\nMoDo made a big push to sign Hägg last\nsummer, but he decided to give the NHL another chance, signing a\none-year, two-way deal with Vegas this past summer. \n"}},{"id":"PL79JSvQSJ","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"“It\nwas on the table whether we should move home or how we should do it,\nbut we have definitely decided that we want to stay abroad for a few\nmore years,” Hägg said at the time. \n"}},{"id":"OZxUDVEiBJ","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"However,\nafter another season spent primarily in the AHL, Hägg and\nhis family are perhaps beginning to reconsider. He has only played\ntwo NHL games with the Knights, both in late November, and has\notherwise played for the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights, where he\nhas 16 points and 22 penalty minutes in 40 games through the end of\nJanuary. \n"}},{"id":"SHOljjZ6NJ","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Hägg\nspent three seasons in the MoDo organization from\nage 16 to 19, recording seven points in 80 SHL games. \n"}},{"id":"dhTZt3KgcY","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"“I’ve known\nHinken (MoDo sports director Henrik Gradin)\nsince my time in junior, when he coached both MoDo’s U18 and U20\nteams when I played there,” said Hägg.\n“So we’ve been in touch over the years and I know about\nthe interest.” \n"}},{"id":"88ITe5CKPE","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Which\nleague MoDo plays in next season might play a role in whether Hägg\nreturns or not. The team currently sits 13th in the 14-team\nleague – two points up on last-place HV71 and two behind 13th-place\nLinköping with\nseven games remaining in the regular season. The last\ntwo teams in the standings face each other in a play-out\nseries, with the winner remaining in the SHL and the loser being\nrelegated to the second-tier HockeyAllsvenskan."}},{"id":"rOaRPKHt27","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"If \nHägg’s NHL career is indeed over, he\nfinishes with 63 points and 308 penalty minutes in 345 regular-season\ngames spread out over nine seasons. \n"}},{"id":"pNheIIvgoq","type":"linkTool","data":{"link":"https://thehockeynews.com/international/latest-news/mattias-norlinder-returns-to-sweden-donations-raised-to-pay-contract","meta":{"title":"Mattias Norlinder returns to Sweden; donations raised to pay contract","site_name":"The Hockey News","description":"Swedish defenseman Mattias Norlinder, 24, has signed a two-year contract with MoDo Hockey, the SHL club announced on Wednesday. Norlinder previously played with the club from 2016 to 2020 at the U16 and U18 levels and also played 55 games in the second-tier professional HockeyAllsvenskan, where he recorded 34 points.\n","image":{"url":"https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/MjA5MDQ5NDY2OTE1NzkyNzQw/usatsi_21560237.jpg","width":null,"height":null}}}}],"version":"2.30.7"}