Recalled/Assigned: Logan Mailloux assigned back to Laval

[Monsieur Miz]

Almost every word of this post is incorrect.

It doesn't mean that any or all of these three will be quality NHL dmen although I think Struble is a lock but your assessment is grossly inaccurate

GROSSLY, lol ok.

Bookmark the post and come back to me in 3 years.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

really really clunky backward/lateral skating. This will keep him out of a top4 role.

i really dont mind the kid, he's got some O upside, however i doubt, much like other habs Dmen, that he will have any kind of impact until this outrageously awful defensive team shores up its game.

i could see him as a 2pp, 5-6 guy. Lots of work to do still.

Anytime a poster becomes giddy about Mailloux's production in Laval, try to remind them of that almost 2 minute sequence against the Islanders when Mailloux was on the ice and the team was hemmed in its own zone. It was a pathetic sight.

People should really watch the games in Laval. They would see that Mailloux has trouble overcoming the forecheck pressure in the AHL. This kid doesn't have the skating to play effectively in the NHL . Or at least not yet. I'd change my opinion if just once I saw Mailloux recover the puck behind his own net, beat the first forechecker and transport the puck up the ice. Just once. Not asking much.

 

[26Mats]

Anytime a poster becomes giddy about Mailloux's production in Laval, try to remind them of that almost 2 minute sequence against the Islanders when Mailloux was on the ice and the team was hemmed in its own zone. It was a pathetic sight.

People should really watch the games in Laval. They would see that Mailloux has trouble overcoming the forecheck pressure in the AHL. This kid doesn't have the skating to play effectively in the NHL . Or at least not yet. I'd change my opinion if just once I saw Mailloux recover the puck behind his own net, beat the first forechecker and transport the puck up the ice. Just once. Not asking much.

Would you do Mailloux + for Zegras?

 

[A55P2]

Would you do Mailloux + for Zegras?

100%

 

[LaP]

Would you do Mailloux + for Zegras?

At this point not sure why we add. Would need to be a small add imo. Zegras has been dog shit for 2 years now.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Would you do Mailloux + for Zegras?

It all depends what the add is. Would you give up Beck? Hage? A first round pick?

I don’t think Zehras fits our time frame. We’re two years from competing. Just when Zegras becomes a free agent.

I’m no Zegras fan. Certainly not at $5.75 million over the next two years.

The real problem is that anyone with a modicum of hockey knowledge can see that Mailloux needs a substantial upgrade in skating ability for him to be an impactful or even an effective defenceman at the NHL level. I think his market value has already been impaired.

Mailloux has some superlative talents: first pass, offensive vision and shot. He may yet develop into the player that we all hoped for when he was picked. But if the right deal comes along, I would have no qualms about bundling him with other assets. Let some other team hope he gains that missing other step. But not for Zegras.

 

[LaP]

It all depends what the add is. Would you give up Beck? Hage? A first round pick?

On top of Mailloux absolutely not. Would need to be a bigger fish or at least a fish with less question marks over his head.

 

[Tyson]

Rocket’s Mailloux named AHL Player of the Week

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