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

[MarkovsKnee]

Any chance he makes Team Canada? Still U19? Or with the gong show currently going on with Hockey Canada, they might pass on him for media purposes.

Legit question, haven't watched any Knights game but seem like a potential prospect we have.

They'll pass on him due to his history. The media uproar would be too intense. That is fine. He needs to play OHL games, and get comfortable with the daily/weekly grind, and be an on-ice / off-ice leader for his team.

WJC is a distraction he doesn't need especially this year with everything that's going on with Hockey Canada.

 

[Tyson]

Will play some games in Montreal next year. I think he will actually play a lot of games. Edmunston (who apparently can play the right side) will be gone, and Mailloux is already a vastly superior player than Kovacevic and Wideman. Unless Barron takes a major step this year, Mailloux is leapfrogging him on the roster next year.

Wow, that's surprising to hear.

 

[MarioLeMoose]

What? Dude committed a crime and publicly requested not to be drafted. How is it surprising we "got" him at 31st??? He might turn into an excellent player, but he's a legacy of a terrible regime. Would most likely never have been drafted under the current one. Anyways, i guess it's ok to be cautiously optimistic.

Clearly OP was talking about getting the talent like this at 31. Everybody knows what happened with him, get over it. Of course it is okay to be optimistic about the kid.

 

[bcv]

Maybe it just shows how weak the level of play in the OHL is?

The OHL is just the league that develops the most NHLers, must be an awful level of play.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

The OHL is just the league that develops the most NHLers, must be an awful level of play.

He's winking, so he's joking. Probably related to Guhle teasing Xhekaj last night about OHL being a soft league, because Xhekaj only had 5 hour bus trips. Guhle had 8+.

 

[MonkeyBusiness]

They'll pass on him due to his history. The media uproar would be too intense. That is fine. He needs to play OHL games, and get comfortable with the daily/weekly grind, and be an on-ice / off-ice leader for his team.

WJC is a distraction he doesn't need especially this year with everything that's going on with Hockey Canada.

I'd rather have him be a top-pairing defenseman in London than playing on the bottom pair for Team Canada anyhow.

 

[bcv]

He's winking, so he's joking. Probably related to Guhle teasing Xhekaj last night about OHL being a soft league, because Xhekaj only had 5 hour bus trips. Guhle had 8+.

Ahhhhhhhh

 

[BJCOLLINS]

They'll pass on him due to his history. The media uproar would be too intense. That is fine. He needs to play OHL games, and get comfortable with the daily/weekly grind, and be an on-ice / off-ice leader for his team.

WJC is a distraction he doesn't need especially this year with everything that's going on with Hockey Canada.

Or Team Canada could select him if he’s one of the top 7 D in the country.

It’s an opportunity for growth…..educate all the young people out there that a mistake doesn’t have to ruin your “young” life or end your career. When you take ownership for the pain you caused and you do the work to rehabilitate yourself fair minded people will not continue to punish you for past desecrations.
Cheers

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

Or Team Canada could select him if he’s one of the top 7 D in the country.

It’s an opportunity for growth…..educate all the young people out there that a mistake doesn’t have to ruin your “young” life or end your career. When you take ownership for the pain you caused and you do the work to rehabilitate yourself fair minded people will not continue to punish you for past desecrations.
Cheers

that's actually a pretty enlightened take on it but I doubt team Canada would do that as they're under enough scrutiny as is and it would just be easier for them that they didn't. And as much as politics shouldn't interfere, I won't blame them. Even if they were proactive in trying to get in front of the potential back lash armed with the reasoning that you're suggesting, there would still be a spotlight on them that they're just not going to want. Even with the savviest PR. They'll skip on him and I completely get it.

 

[Tyson]

that's actually a pretty enlightened take on it but I doubt team Canada would do that as they're under enough scrutiny as is and it would just be easier for them that they didn't. And as much as politics shouldn't interfere, I won't blame them. Even if they were proactive in trying to get in front of the potential back lash armed with the reasoning that you're suggesting, there would still be a spotlight on them that they're just not going to want. Even with the savviest PR. They'll skip on him and I completely get it.

Sadly this is the way it will be

 

[TheGr8Cornholio]

I’d love to see him with Team Canada in December. Couldn’t care less of Canada’s situation. Mailloux paid his due and some. If he’s good enough, why not? As long as he’s dressed up and have over 14min of play.

 

[Vachon23]

Yes not a chance TC select him. That would be a really bad PR move with everything going on with them.

 

[Matthew McConaughay]

They'll pass on him due to his history. The media uproar would be too intense. That is fine. He needs to play OHL games, and get comfortable with the daily/weekly grind, and be an on-ice / off-ice leader for his team.

WJC is a distraction he doesn't need especially this year with everything that's going on with Hockey Canada.

yeah, we don't want him back in the Prime Time for the wrong reasons, the woke nation won't take time to bring his past back if he participates. .

 

[JianYang]

I’d love to see him with Team Canada in December. Couldn’t care less of Canada’s situation. Mailloux paid his due and some. If he’s good enough, why not? As long as he’s dressed up and have over 14min of play.

Doesn't matter if he's paid his dues or not. In the court of public opinion, he's not cleared, and image is everything to hockey Canada right now.

Or Team Canada could select him if he’s one of the top 7 D in the country.

It’s an opportunity for growth…..educate all the young people out there that a mistake doesn’t have to ruin your “young” life or end your career. When you take ownership for the pain you caused and you do the work to rehabilitate yourself fair minded people will not continue to punish you for past desecrations.
Cheers

Thats the approach the habs took when justifying the pick. It didn't work.

 

[TheGr8Cornholio]

Doesn't matter if he's paid his dues or not. In the court of public opinion, he's not cleared, and image is everything to hockey Canada right now.

I don’t agree with the Woke agenda or court of public opinion. But that’s just me. MB had his faults, but I’m glad being woke wasn’t one.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Or Team Canada could select him if he’s one of the top 7 D in the country.

It’s an opportunity for growth…..educate all the young people out there that a mistake doesn’t have to ruin your “young” life or end your career. When you take ownership for the pain you caused and you do the work to rehabilitate yourself fair minded people will not continue to punish you for past desecrations.
Cheers

Yeah, well, not sure we're in an era of fair minded people more like eternal damnation, which frankly some people deserve, but it is unreasonably applied to everyone.

Would prefer for Mailloux to stay out of it altogether. Hockey Canada is a thorn's nest right now. No need to get pricked.

 

[TheGr8Cornholio]

Doesn't matter if he's paid his dues or not. In the court of public opinion, he's not cleared, and image is everything to hockey Canada right now.



Thats the approach the habs took when justifying the pick. It didn't work.

It didn’t work with who? Worked fine with me and judging by the board, people seem happy with the pick.

 

[JianYang]

I don’t agree with the Woke agenda or court of public opinion. But that’s just me. MB had his faults, but I’m glad being woke wasn’t one.

Whether to agree with "woke culture"... That's an entire different debate.

It is what it is. I'm just thinking what's best for hockey Canada and Logan right now within the confines of the world we live in. I don't think it benefits either side to have him selected.

 

[JianYang]

It didn’t work with who? Worked fine with me and judging by the board, people seem happy with the pick.

Aside from social media world expressing their disappointment, the stakeholders within the team, including sponsors, were upset.

They took a hit to their image, and it got to the point where Molson had to make a formal video where he apologized.

 

[TheGr8Cornholio]

Whether to agree with "woke culture"... That's an entire different debate.

It is what it is. I'm just thinking what's best for hockey Canada and Logan right now within the confines of the world we live in. I don't think it benefits either side to have him selected.

I don’t think it is an entire different debate. We all know who would get offended if it was to be happening.

 

[TheGr8Cornholio]

Aside from social media world expressing their disappointment, the stakeholders within the team, including sponsors, were upset.

They took a hit to their image, and it got to the point where Molson had to make a formal video where he apologized.

And they were aware of all the backlash when they made the pick. Do they struggle financially with all the loss of these stakeholder and spounsers?

 

[JianYang]

And they were aware of all the backlash when they made the pick. Do they struggle financially with all the loss of these stakeholder and spounsers?

Molson wouldn't be making a specific video days after the draft to talk about how they failed and he wouldn't have apologized without making at least somewhat of a miscalculation on the response.

 

[TheGr8Cornholio]

Molson wouldn't be making a specific video days after the draft to talk about how they failed and he wouldn't have apologized without making at least somewhat of a miscalculation on the response.

They were all in on it. There’s no way Molson wasn’t aware of the pick before draft day. They, for sure, considered that there was gonna be an over reaction and it would slowly fade away. And they were right. They had to really like Mailloux’s game to pick. They weighed the good and bad and went with the pick.

 

[JianYang]

They were all in on it. There’s no way Molson wasn’t aware of the pick before draft day. They, for sure, considered that there was gonna be an over reaction and it would slowly fade away. And they were right. They had to really like Mailloux’s game to pick. They weighed the good and bad and went with the pick.

I'm not saying they weren't aware that the draft pick causing a backlash. That's a scary thought if they didn't. I'm just saying that they miscalculated the backlash.

As far as the issue goes, I don't think it's gone away. It's more like it's swept under the rug while he plays out his junior career.

I expect the howls will start up again if he actually makes the nhl, and also the world juniors for a couple weeks if Canada selects him. It will be interesting to see it unfold with respect to how intense or persistent those howls will be over the coming years if he takes the next step.

 

[TheGr8Cornholio]

I'm not saying they weren't aware that the draft pick causing a backlash. That's a scary thought if they didn't. I'm just saying that they miscalculated the backlash.

As far as the issue goes, I don't think it's gone away. It's more like it's swept under the rug while he plays out his junior career.

I expect the howls will start up again if he actually makes the nhl, and also the world juniors for a couple weeks if Canada selects him. It will be interesting to see it unfold with respect to how intense or persistent those howls will be over the coming years if he takes the next step.

They might have miscalculated the backlash, but if you fastforward to today:

- most of the fans are happy with pick
- habs are not in financial trouble
- Mailloux conducted himself as a professional the whole time.

I still see some comments to bash him on social media but a lot more come in defense to him. I’m not so sure if he’s gonna face the same treatment in the NHL or WJC.