2025 NHL Draft
James Hagens in the 2025 NHL Draft
Boston Bruins selected James Hagens 7th overall in the 2025 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 7 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2025, 10 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 5 of them have played more games than his 19, and only 5 have scored more points than his 13.
- Overall pick
- 7
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 7
- Drafting team
- BOSBoston Bruins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 4–10 in the 2025 draft
- 4Caleb DesnoyersCUTAUtah Mammoth
- 5Brady MartinC3 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 6Porter MartoneR27 GP · 18 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 7James HagensC19 GP · 13 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Jake O'BrienCNo NHL gamesSEASeattle Kraken
- 9Radim MrtkaDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 10Roger McQueenC12 GP · 2 PANAAnaheim Ducks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2025 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Matthew SchaeferD98 GP · 75 PNYINew York Islanders
- 2Michael MisaC64 GP · 31 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3Anton FrondellC30 GP · 17 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 4Caleb DesnoyersCUTAUtah Mammoth
- 5Brady MartinC3 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 6Porter MartoneR27 GP · 18 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 7James HagensC19 GP · 13 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Jake O'BrienCNo NHL gamesSEASeattle Kraken
- 9Radim MrtkaDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 10Roger McQueenC12 GP · 2 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 214 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
James Hagens made his NHL debut on April 12, 2026, 289 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Boston Bruins picks in the 2025 draft
- 7James HagensC19 GP · 13 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 51William MooreCBOSBoston Bruins
- 61Liam PetterssonDNo NHL gamesBOSBoston Bruins
- 79Cooper SimpsonLBOSBoston Bruins
- 100Vashek BlanarDBOSBoston Bruins
- 133Cole ChandlerCBOSBoston Bruins
- 165Kirill YemelyanovCBOSBoston Bruins