James Hagens of Boston College in Hockey East is filing a draft diary for NHL.com this season leading up to the 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft at L.A. Live's Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 27-28. The 18-year-old center (5-foot-10, 186 pounds), born in Hauppauge, New York, is No. 3 among North American skaters on NHL Central Scouting's final rankings. He finished with 37 points (11 goals, 26 assists) in 37 games for BC this season. His June diary comes after completing the 2025 NHL Scouting Combine in Buffalo, New York.

Hello hockey fans:

I arrived in Buffalo for the Scouting Combine on Sunday. What an experience I had this week. I got to see guys I haven't seen in a long time and had a familiar roommate, Wisconsin defenseman Logan Hensler, who I knew from our days at USA Hockey's Nati

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