Bruins pick Boston College's James Hagens with No. 7 pick

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald on Jun 27, 2025

Published in Hockey

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BOSTON — The Bruins added a major talent to their prospect pipeline on Friday night when Boston College’s James Hagens, ranked the No. 1 talent in the world before this season, fell to the Bruins at No. 7 and they selected the Long Island native, immediately making him the club’s top prospect.

The 5-11, 177-pound Hagens had a very good year at BC but he didn’t have the same kind of sensational season that last year’s No. 1 pick, Macklin Celebrini, had at Boston University. But playing between Ryan Leonard and Gabriel Perrault, Hagens had 11-26-37 totals in 37 games.

“I love Boston, I love the area,” Hagens told ESPN.

There was some speculation that, after the Islanders traded Noah Dobson to Montreal for the 16th and 17th picks earlier in the day, that they may make a run at the No. 7 pick with those two picks so that could could add their hometown boy Hagens to a first-round haul that include first overall pick Matthew Schaefer.

But if the Islanders made any kind of offer, the B’s resisted any temptation they might have had.