{"id":66280,"date":"2025-08-13T23:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/66280\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T23:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:52:09","slug":"bruins-first-round-selection-james-hagens-breaks-silence-on-decision-to-miss-out-on-nhl-rookie-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/66280\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins first-round selection James Hagens breaks silence on decision to miss out on NHL rookie season"},"content":{"rendered":"

A product of the Boston College Eagles, James Hagens was all but destined to begin his NHL journey with the Boston Bruins<\/a>. It was only fitting. However, his rookie season has been put on hold after the 18-year-old announced his return to the NCAA for the upcoming campaign.<\/p>\n

After a disheartening 2024-25 NHL<\/a> season, Hagens\u2019 arrival\u2014or, technically, stay\u2014in Boston was all the Bruins could ask for. Keeping the homegrown talent in town was one of the biggest beacons of hope for the Spoked B in the offseason.<\/p>\n

Now, it\u2019s time for the team to overcome last year\u2019s struggles and turn the page. It\u2019s a lot easier said than done, but the Bruins won\u2019t back down from the challenge. Last season was too painful for Boston not to learn its lesson.<\/p>\n

Not rushing it<\/p>\n

Regardless, Hagens\u2019 return to the school in Chestnut Hill was deflating for fans in Beantown. However, it might be the wise decision. The teenager still has room for improvement, and making the jump to the NHL is no walk in Boston Common. Hagens believes that himself, and he made it evident with his latest statement.<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

James Hagens walks to the stage after being drafted by the Boston Bruins with the number seven overall pick during the first round of the 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft at the Peacock Theater on June 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just not rushing the process. It\u2019s not a sprint. It\u2019s a marathon,\u201d Hagens firmly said, via Bruins reporter Scott McLaughlin. \u201cThere\u2019s no reason to rush anything. They are all conversations that you have to have. There\u2019s a different timeline for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NHL<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

NHL News: David Pastrnak\u2019s Bruins teammate vows to come back stronger with big goal in sight<\/p>\n

<\/a>Missed assignment<\/p>\n

Hagens and the Eagles fell short of expectations last season. There\u2019s no sugarcoating it. Everybody in Chestnut Hill knows Boston College must now right its wrongs, avenging last season\u2019s elimination at the gates of the NCAA Frozen Four.<\/p>\n

The Eagles couldn\u2019t hoist their sixth national championship after falling to Northwestern in the quarterfinal stage. This time around, Hagens and company are determined to flip the page and hoist the school\u2019s first natty since 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201c[We want to] win. You know, you go back, we didn\u2019t win last year. You want to be able to be in the fight. You want to be able to win an actual championship,\u201d Hagens concluded. <\/p>\n

SurveyIs Hagens making the right decision returning to Boston College?<\/p>\n

Is Hagens making the right decision returning to Boston College?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, [for] the people that support the team, the equipment managers, staff, everyone that puts so much time and effort into making us an hockey team. It\u2019s up to us to be able to go out there and perform and be able to win for them.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A product of the Boston College Eagles, James Hagens was all but destined to begin his NHL journey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,5789,575,85],"class_list":["post-66280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boston-bruins","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}