Carl Hagelin Resigns With NY Rangers For Two Years, $4.5 Million

The New York Rangers announced Wednesday that the team has resigned restricted free agent Carl Hagelin to a two-year, $4.5 million deal.

According to Katie Strang of ESPN.com, Hagelin will receive $2.1 million for 2013-14 and $2.4 million during the 2014-15 season.

"I am honored to be a part of the Rangers organization," Hagelin said in an interview with Blueshirts United. "I love the guys on the team, they truly are all my friends, and I am pumped to get going next year with them."

The speedy winger also revealed that he had been training hard for the regular season after receiving surgery on his left shoulder on May 31 for a torn labrum.

"I have been doing a lot of biking, and usually I like to run throughout the summer, so that's been one difference, but everything is going the right way in regards to the shoulder," Hagelin said. "It's been six weeks since the surgery so I can't wait to get that sling off here in the next few days, and then work on getting my range of motion back and take it from there. I am confident my shoulder will be better and stronger next season."

Hagelin will also get the chance to work with new head coach Alain Vigneault after his relationship with previous coach John Tortorella slowly crumbled.

"I'm just going to go in and do my job and he'll do his job," Hagelin said of Vigneault. "He's a great coach who obviously has that winning mentality. That's always great to play for a coach like that. He's pretty offensive minded, too, so I am really excited to get a good start to the season and show him what I can do."

Hagelin was publicly criticized by Tortorella during the postseason. Despite the team's struggles on the man-advantage throughout the playoffs, Tortorella refused to try out one of his top point producers on one of the units. When asked why he was reluctant to give Hagelin a chance, Tortorella stated that his player was simply not good on the powerplay.

Hagelin has recorded 62 career points in 112 regular-season games; he also scored three goals and nine points in 29 postseason games.