Once Robert Hagg made the plays that wowed the crowds. Big home run passes, skating through people, gasps abounding. “Back then I wanted so much to prove myself,” he said of his first few seasons as a defenseman in the AHL. “Hey, look at my fancy play. I can make it tape to tape, blue line to blue line.
“Now it’s much more, just make the simple pass. That’s going to be the quickest way and get going.”
These days his game is best described as dependable. “That can be sexy,” he said Tuesday, laughing.
He is 22 now, but like many targeted to reshape the Flyers, Hagg’s name and game are not unfamiliar.