Lightning star Brandon Hagel has made a career of proving people wrong

TAMPA — Brandon Hagel has a pretty thick skin. He’s got the kind of scar tissue that might have made some players quit long ago. But not this guy.“I didn’t get taken in the WHL draft, it’s a kick in the head as a Canadian kid, you always want that opportunity,” the Tampa Bay Lightning star said Monday. “I’ve been kicked in the head a lot.”No, really.Advertisement