James Hagens had to do a double-take at first.
Tucked away in the corner of the Bruins’ Heritage Hall, one glass-encased collection of artifacts and polaroids centers around the NHL Draft — and the hope that builds when a franchise adds a fortune-shifting prospect.
Photos of a baby-faced David Pastrnak — well before he was uncorking howitzers from the left circle — and a clean-shaven Joe Thornton were the first prints to catch Hagens’ eyes.
But in an exhibit tasked with documenting the first 100 years of the Original Six franchise, a new addition to that collection looks to the future.