Supply and demand
If you're a team with a guaranteed roster spot and mid 1st pick looking for a guy like Rutger, then you jump on it because he's 2 years closer to contributing than the guy you'd use that pick on
And you have a much better idea of what the player is going to be in his mid 20's compared to a fresh 18 years old.
Montreal fans act like they got some hidden gem in mailloux. No, every team passed on him because they didn't want to touch him.
Yeah, I bet no team would want a 21 years old AHL all-star, 6'3, 220 lbs RHD who skate & moves the puck well and has good offensive instinct as well as playing physicals.
That’s not cancel culture…it’s called consequences..it’s an old fashion concept where you are expected to live with the ramifications and fallout of your actions if you are to stupid to live like a normal human.
Yes, just like no team would have ever wanted Patty Kane after nearly beating a taxi driver to death or the sexual assault charges against him or Nishuskin beating up a hooker in a hotel room or Matthews pulling out his shaft in front of a server or the numerous sexual assault claim against Evander Kane while he was in Winnipeg.
These athletes get to have a whole legal team behind them and I can't even possibly imagine all the horror stories that must have been buried over the years. I bet if professional players had to face justice for their act half the leagues players would be in jail.