was drafted at No . 7<\/a> in the first round by the Bruins, but Caleb Desnoyers, who was drafted at No. 4 by the Utah Mammoth, was ranked lower by Wheeler. <\/p>\n\u201cHagens\u2019 game is about skating and playmaking. He\u2019s extremely breezy as a skater, making his patterns look easy out there. To use a hockey cliche, he\u2019s on top of the ice, he\u2019s agile and his stride and edges are dynamic, light, mobile and adjustable, with legitimate speed and quick acceleration through his crossovers and cuts,\u201d Wheeler wrote. <\/p>\n
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Hagens will likely go into his sophomore year at Boston College as the Eagles\u2019 top line center. As a freshman, he totaled 11 goals and 26 assists for 37 points.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Wheeler compares Hagens\u2019 style of play to Utah\u2019s Logan Cooley, who has been a bright spot in the Mammoth\u2019s lineup. <\/p>\n
\u201cHagens profiles as a top-of-the-lineup, play-creating center in the NHL with a similar profile to Utah\u2019s Logan Cooley,\u2019 Wheeler wrote. \u201cI remain a big believer in him and his game, and expect him to be one of the top forwards in college hockey as a sophomore and outperform his draft slot in his career.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boston just had one other player make the list, with Matt Poitras coming in towards the bottom at No. 88. <\/p>\n
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