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

[Rapala]

Letting him play bottom pairing at the NHL level for the remainder of the season and coaching him on his defensive weaknesses is a good idea. Let him play PP2, as well. He won't be able improve his skating right now, but he can improve the speed of his decisions.

I see a lot of Marty with his head in his hands in the not so distant future.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

TBF, he's not terrible ALL the time on defense, it's just that when he makes a mistake, it's a spectacularly dumb one. I don't think he's hopeless, he just has to find a way to cut that one part of his game way down.

 

[Rapala]

Mailloux would be more interesting if the habs didn’t already have a lot of offensive defenders, and a shortage of shutdown guys. I think this is intentional, as the value of defensive defensemen is often low. The habs could use Mailloux’s shot, but they don’t have the right partner for him, and I doubt his offense will balance the defensive lapses in the playoffs.

Mailloux may have been overconfident so far, and he could be much better if he puts in lot of effort in the off season. I doubt there is much hope for his decision making.

I actually think there is a ton of appreciation for Defensmen with a Capital D. Guhle is often touted as currently being our best defensemen. Reinbacher is meant to be our right handed version of Kaiden Guhle and the counter balance our Dcorps needs. For all his short comings David Savard also gets a lot of praise for his stationary defending. Most of the people I tend to read understand the value of Defensive defensemen.
There is no way to support a Lane Hutson without that balance.