Prospect Info: Logan Mailloux Part 3 The Only Hockey Talk Thread

[HuGort]

Mailloux going to be good player for very long time. He's only 20, devolving fast.

 

[Simarino]

REALLY impressed by the kid, i thought he was further than that from the NHL!! I am conviced he's gonna be a top 4 soon for this team,.

 

[Supersonic]

This guy is gonna be in the NHL sooner than people think. No way does he last 2 years in the AHL

 

[HabzSauce]

Mailloux going to be good player for very long time. He's only 20, devolving fast.

He had a great game tonight. He looks wayyyy more poised than I imagined he would be.

He had one shift tonight that genuinely had me scared the habs were gonna keep him up. He should start in the A but he might not need too much time before he's ready

 

[74 others]

This guy is gonna be in the NHL sooner than people think. No way does he last 2 years in the AHL

2 years lol.

 

[waitin425]

I'm happy everyone is starting to see this kid. His warts are still there, but he plays an NHL game, and has an NHL mindset on the ice. I think when he fully arrives, he will excite and make us nervous sometimes. A la Subban.

 

[Essenege]

This guy is good enough to be in our top 6. I’d give him a few games to start the year.

 

[Saundies]

Mailloux should be AHL bound. You could argue to keep him up, but let him go down and play an absolute ton in Laval. Let him work on his pro game and establish himself.

The tools, size, etc. are all there. Let him play 20 in Laval rather than 13-14 up here.

 

[Destopcorner]

Karlsson and Hughes are far better skaters than Hutson can ever dream of becoming and both are sub par defensive players.......it is a poor comparison from the get go.

Hutson's upside is far more likely as a sheltered 3rd pairing PP specialist.

Indeed a bad comparison... He's actually a Fox 2.0 with more offense. Their game is all about deception and anticipation with world class vision, skating is nothing special except for Hutson incredible edges.

Saying his upside is a sheltered 3rd pairing guy is kinda disrespectful, that's his floor you are talking about.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

He had some ups and downs today, but you can tell he’s going to be a stud once he gets comfortable in the NHL.

 

[Tyson]

He had some ups and downs today, but you can tell he’s going to be a stud once he gets comfortable in the NHL.

Considering he played against star players he was bound to have a few downs

 

[FLHabs]

Having 2 2-way guys in Guhle and Reinbacher and 2 offensive minded guys in Hutson and Mailloux will make for a very fun top 4

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Considering he played against star players he was bound to have a few downs

For sure, that was the Leafs A roster and he didn’t look out of place outside of maybe a couple of moments.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Great game for him tonight.

 

[Tyson]

For sure, that was the Leafs A roster and he didn’t look out of place outside of maybe a couple of moments.

I think having him in Laval until Christmas will have him NHL ready come January.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Indeed a bad comparison... He's actually a Fox 2.0 with more offense. Their game is all about deception and anticipation with world class vision, skating is nothing special except for Hutson incredible edges.

Saying his upside is a sheltered 3rd pairing guy is kinda disrespectful, that's his floor you are talking about.

The floor is him not playing in the NHL on a good team because he can't defend well enough.

He would be the worst defender in the entire league by a wide margin if he played right now. I have always said that he is a long term project due to his size and skating concerns and he is far more likely to be a 3rd pairing 5 vs 5 sheltered dman and pp specialist than he is to becoming a 1st pairing dman. Fox is a better comparison than Hughes for sure but even Fox is a much better skater due to being far better at skating backwards.

There is no denying that he is supremely talented as far as puck skills and hockey IQ and it is not impossible that he entirely fixes his skating and continues to grow. The issue for me is that these are outcomes that are a long way from being probable and too many fans are anointing him as a future superstar when he is still an extremely flawed player despite his obvious skill.

I don't expect him to be a top pairing dman who matches up against the opposition's top players but I do expect him to be a dangerous weapon on the PP and in the offensive zone in general. This team just has too many outstanding D prospects that will be far superior defenders while being on a continuum from competent offensively to very good offensively for me to consider him to be a strong candidate to play high in the lineup in 5 vs 5 situations.

 

[CHwest]

The floor is him not playing in the NHL on a good team because he can't defend well enough.

He would be the worst defender in the entire league by a wide margin if he played right now. I have always said that he is a long term project due to his size and skating concerns and he is far more likely to be a 3rd pairing 5 vs 5 sheltered dman and pp specialist than he is to becoming a 1st pairing dman. Fox is a better comparison than Hughes for sure but even Fox is a much better skater due to being far better at skating backwards.

There is no denying that he is supremely talented as far as puck skills and hockey IQ and it is not impossible that he entirely fixes his skating and continues to grow. The issue for me is that these are outcomes that are a long way from being probable and too many fans are anointing him as a future superstar when he is still an extremely flawed player despite his obvious skill.

I don't expect him to be a top pairing dman who matches up against the opposition's top players but I do expect him to be a dangerous weapon on the PP and in the offensive zone in general. This team just has too many outstanding D prospects that will be far superior defenders while being on a continuum from competent offensively to very good offensively for me to consider him to be a strong candidate to play high in the lineup in 5 vs 5 situations.

One of those high end defense men is going to be flipped for a high end winger at some point.

 

[badfish]

Every player that was called up last year showed up ready to play. I think Houle and his staff did good in the AHL. Send Mailloux to the AHL and Houle will groom him. I'd bet he's back up mid-season and it wouldn't surprise me if he's up to stay.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

The experience is coming in pretty fast for the kid and he's still showing a lot of rawness, but he keeps getting a bit better every game. If he can keep that improvement curve going all season he'll be a regular by this time next year for sure.

 

[PP Subban]

Thought he was 1.5 years away but he’s half a season away from being an NHL player. He’s got national league tools just needs a small adjustment period. Hopefully things go well in Laval and he’ll be up this year.

 

[Colezuki]

Not that I want to start pre trading DMen but aren’t we reaching a breaking point here

Xhekaj, Guhle, Harris, matheson, kovacevic, mailloux, norlinder, Barron, savard have all shown to be competent nhl dmen. Then we have Hutson reinbacher and engstrom on the way we need to find a partner who needs a d and has a top 6 winger prospect available

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

One of those high end defense men is going to be flipped for a high end winger at some point.

Agreed and it should be Hutson imo.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Played a great game.

Hopefully next off-season we see more progression in his game to show that he's growing.

 

[Skip Bayless]

Not that I want to start pre trading DMen but aren’t we reaching a breaking point here

Xhekaj, Guhle, Harris, matheson, kovacevic, mailloux, norlinder, Barron, savard have all shown to be competent nhl dmen. Then we have Hutson reinbacher and engstrom on the way we need to find a partner who needs a d and has a top 6 winger prospect available

It's a good thing, because we need a #1 goalie and goal scoring.

 

[CheldishGamibno]

Bouillon was right, and we didn't even believe him. I won't ever doubt you, master!