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

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ChesterNimitz said:
Iafrate had, at best , modest hockey skills. His game, as I noted earlier, was based on his great speed and strength. Mailloux’s game is much more textured. While not as fast as Iafrate, his stickhandling, passing and overall vision will end up being much superior to Iafrate’s. I also think that once Mailloux fills out, his shot will eclipse Iafrate’s.
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Hopefully you're right. Yet that's one hell of a bold prediction.
 
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Habs10Habs said:
Hopefully you're right. Yet that's one hell of a bold prediction.
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I’m confident in my prediction. I’ve watched Mailloux shoot the puck over the past several years and witnessed how the puck just flies off his stick with almost no effort. Its like in golf where some of the best ball strikers on the tour are not the biggest players. I’ve coached and managed many large young athletes in hockey and baseball who I though should be able to belt the ball or blast a puck. Yet nothing happens. Then comes a modest sized athlete who can hit a baseball into the stratosphere or shoot a puck like Bobby Hull. Its a black science to me.

All I can say is Mailloux is one of those players where the puck just flies off his stick. I think he may kill some poor goaltender in the OHL this year.
 
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ChesterNimitz said:
I’m confident in my prediction. I’ve watched Mailloux shoot the puck over the past several years and witnessed how the puck just flies off his stick with almost no effort. Its like in golf where some of the best ball strikers on the tour are not the biggest players. I’ve coached and managed many large young athletes in hockey and baseball who I though should be able to belt the ball or blast a puck. Yet nothing happens. Then comes a modest sized athlete who can hit a baseball into the stratosphere or shoot a puck like Bobby Hull. Its a black science to me.

All I can say is Mailloux is one of those players where the puck just flies off his stick. I think he may kill some poor goaltender in the OHL this year.
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You're a respected person here, so I have trust in your judgment. The reason why I said it was bold. Iafrate had one of the best shots in the history of the NHL. So to predict Mailloux's shot would be even better. Really caught my attention.
 
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ChesterNimitz said:
Iafrate had, at best , modest hockey skills. His game, as I noted earlier, was based on his great speed and strength. Mailloux’s game is much more textured. While not as fast as Iafrate, his stickhandling, passing and overall vision will end up being much superior to Iafrate’s. I also think that once Mailloux fills out, his shot will eclipse Iafrate’s.
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Iafrate had very good hands in part thanks to working with Alfie Turcotte's father and his stickhandling school.

To say that Mailloux's shot will eclipse Iafrate's is nonsensical hyperbole. Mailloux has a great shot but Iafrate likely has the greatest slap shot in the history of the game. He held the NHL record for 16 years despite setting it with a freaking wood stick lol. He even surpassed the official marks many times in internal team competitions. Give him a composite stick in his prime and he easily crosses the 110 mph mark.

We all agree that Mailloux has a tremendous clapper and wrister but I don't see the need invent fairy tales to communicate his gifts to every one.
 
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sheed36 said:
If you had said bald prediction by mistake that would've worked as well. :D

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That’s gotta be one of the most glaring examples of male pattern baldness and it didn’t seem to faze Iafrate. I wonder why he didn’t choose to go with a fully shaved look, instead.
 
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Runner77 said:
That’s gotta be one of the most glaring examples of male pattern baldness and it didn’t seem to faze Iafrate. I wonder why he didn’t choose to go with a fully shaved look, instead.
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Hard to say but looks like he did shave it off during the end of his career from looking at pics of him as a Bruin and Shark. "Wild Thing" could really hammer a puck though. :nod:

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Scored early in the game tonight. Didnt see it but wil.
Give him 5-10 games to get hid feet under him......
Hunter will give him 25/30min a (k)night ;) Easy.
Really played a smart game Wednesday and did alot of lil things right, dump ins, settled the whole D group, when to rush ( althou a couple had me antsy with time n space but they worked out being JrA, when to chip it out n take the easy play, when to change n not get caught out too long.
Loved the thought process in his game Wednesday.

HostileCapSpace said:
Logan Mailloux with his first goal of the season. Gotta love his shot.

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TY
 
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