Is James Hagens the Right Pick at No. 3 for the Blackhawks?

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4.7 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0	James Hagen's 511-177 center from Boston College, expected to go in the top five of the NHL draft.
0:08.8	What do we know about Boston College's James Higgins?
0:11.5	Mario.
0:11.9	If you read online, he's too small to be successful in the NHL.
0:14.9	Correct.
0:15.9	All right.
0:16.6	Thanks, everybody.
0:17.4	Yeah, yeah.
0:18.3	No, James Hagan's, I mean, he started this cycle of draft analysis and everything as the top prospect in the 2025 NHL draft class.
0:29.7	And he hasn't fallen far from that spot.
0:33.1	I would say he's probably the number three, maybe the number four guy out of this,
0:37.5	this draft class.
0:38.5	And to me, it's not of anything he didn't do in his draft year since he was named as
0:45.5	the, you know, the top prospect early last summer into, you know, fall in October and
0:50.3	everything.
0:50.6	But just kind of fell down because of what Michael Mesa and Matthew
0:55.6	Schaefer did or, you know, showcased in their draft year. So I don't think, you know, Hagan's
1:01.8	no longer being the top guy is necessarily a slide on his part. But I think what we saw from him
1:09.0	at Boston College, what we saw from him with Team
1:11.4	USA at the oral juniors was a guy who, the biggest part of his game is his skating, finding
1:18.1	space, and being able to read plays and make plays. And at the NHL level, it becomes more difficult
1:25.4	because of the speed and the size of the guys that you're
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