still trying to find vids and get to know the picks. Can't say I am impressed so far but I wasn't expecting much picking 2nd to last most of the rounds and in a weak draft. I know some will get mad but I'm not a big fan of the Q and our record there is just terrible. The last time we picked 4 players from the Q was 2013 and that didn't turn out well at all. Since 2012 we have picked, RHP, Houde, Bourque, Audette, Fucale, Ghetto, Reway, Gregoire, and Hudon. While RHP had a very good rookie year in the AHL, so far the best we have from drafting from the Q in the previous 9 drafts is Ghetto and Hudon. Hopefully they have some better luck this time around but I don't believe we have changed Q scouts over that time frame.
Just from a hockey stand point the Mailloux pick does look very interesting, though I would much rather we didn't make it for the shitstorm it caused as now he's going to need to be a top 10/15ish player imo to justify why they felt the need to do this. I read on twitter that MB heard teams were looking to pick him in the 2nd and he really liked his talent so he went for it. Only time will tell if it was worth it but you hope it wasn't another pick for need over BPA. That said the tools look really impressive but against low level comp so for now very difficult to get a read on.