Ha, you’ve gone rogue. Always entertaining.We were talking about whether selecting him was a good idea. Based on his play it’s a fine selection. It’s hard to talk about whether the selection was correct while ignoring the elephant in the room.
Mod directed and crimes, wtf is wrong with you runner?
Don’t talk about that here, it’s a mod directive.
There are a lot of things JT has done which defy the expected decorum of a country’s leader. He is not a very “serious” statesman in any case.
Trudeau says Canadiens' selection of Logan Mailloux shows 'lack of judgment'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that as a lifelong Montreal Canadiens fan he's "deeply disappointed'' by the team's selection of Logan Mailloux in the NHL draft.www.sportsnet.ca
Without getting political on here, because this board isn't the place for it, I don't think it's the job of a country's leader to use their bully pulpit and target an 18 year old kid. It's a bad look.
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The Twitter writer is entitled to his opinion but the fact remains that Mailloux is still able to keep practicing on his own. It would have been much more concerning had he been told to stop:
« “He’s just practising right now,” Knights GM Mark Hunter said. “His surgeon doesn’t want him in battle drills yet.” »
I haven’t seen the word « setback » being used but rather, it appears that they are acting out of an abundance of caution stemming from his surgeon’s recommendations:
« “He’ll be back sooner or later,” Hunter said. “No exhibition games, and after that, it’s what his surgeon says. If he says he’s ready to go and Logan has all his strength back, then he’ll play.
“We’ve got lots of time to get going. It’s a long season.” »
Knights GM: Unclear when Logan Mailloux will be ready to play
Logan Mailloux’s recovery from shoulder surgery will stretch throughout Knights training camp and possibly into the start of the 2022-23 OHL regular season.
It was a freak injury, I don’t think there was much he could have done differently.
Bingo. Kids today do not think ahead to the consequences of their actions . Once you click send there is no back tracking. I watched this kid play JR B in London and a limited bit before injury last year. We as Habs fans will be very lucky to have his talent on the team. If not and the new regime trades him we will regret that move. I counselled young offenders at the jail here in London. I had one kid at 15 stab his brother 17 times to death because he drank the last beer with no remorse. His parents fought to have his case in Juvenile Court and won. His record was wiped when he turned 18 and he walked. Here we are punishing a kid who made a very stupid mistake as a minor. Sending a picture of a girl performing consensual oral sex on him 3 days after he arrived in Sweden to his team. He could have skirted things as a young offender but chose to belly up to the bar, plead guilty, apologize and own everything. I am 70 years old and have seen a lot of crap in my time and have watched my kids and grandkids grow up. Today's kids are a different breed. I am am pulling for this kid. Hell Trudeau criticized the pick and the sob has done just as bad of racist shit as an adult. When you point the finger at somebody 3 come back! Go Logan Go!
I was at the game. Zito was chirping him every shift they were on together and giving him extra whacks after the whistle. Typical shit OHL officiating. Had they have given Zito an unsportsmanlike and slashing the crap would have ended. He instigated the fight with Logan but I can't remember if it was called.
They certainly knew he was facing a long suspension though.Yeah, cuz they knew he was going to get injured!
If he could go back. I'm sure he would agree with you. I know from my experience, that the heat of the moment can do weird things. Sometimes things would get so heated, that I would forget I was 5'7 and think I was 6'5. After getting my ass handed to me a few times. I learned to tone it down. In his case, his size probably made him think that he was a better fighter, than what he is.
Exactly! All this talk about him missing so much time blah blah, yes that's true, but how about the fact that when he actually got a chance to play in the OHL he looked dominant? At this point the sky is the limit for him. We are lucky to have him as a prospect. I think he's got a real chance to be special.
I’d give him a pass on what looked like a freak injury. If there were any judgment lapses, then it’ll help with his maturation process as he’s likely to have learned from them.
I was reading this post and agree until the end. I say despite the PM comments (that was out of his decorum) and all the bashing that was never ending, like hey, give this kid a chance and leave him alone, haven't heard of absolution or pardon, I say f*** the negative with Mailloux and the PM have no lesson to give to anyone.
I can’t stand it when politicos of any stripe try to score points by lambasting pro sports figures or management as if they all had a monopoly on good morals and flawless decision-making. Don’t they have more worldly pursuits to attend to?
Unless it's changed, you have to offer the prospect a contract and they have to refuse it. If he refuses it, then you just double the selection number and that's the pick you get.
