Next on the annual Broad Street Hockey Community Draft Board is James Hagens, a highly touted playmaking center whose stock has fluctuated throughout his first year at Boston College.
The highly-touted Hagens burst onto the scene with the U.S. U-18 National Development Team in 2023, scoring 102 points in just 58 games, to go along with his USHL output of 47 points in 26 games. At that point, he was largely regarded as the “can’t miss” prospect of this draft, however some scouts have begun to question his long-term viability at the NHL level as he failed to live up to sky-high expectations in his first year with a powerhouse Boston College program.