RD Logan Mailloux (2021, 31st, MTL)

[superstar436]

Always amazing when people know what a teenager will become.

Do me a favor and tell me what Aatu Raty, Robin Salo, and Samuel Bolduc will become? Thank you!

Prospects are drafted based on their potential / tools. That is why some go 1st overall (hedman, dahlin, power, ...) And others go in the 8th round.

I do not profess to know how good Mailloux will become but it was an average to weak draft and he was not slated to go very high. Can he become a 50-60 pts dman while playing solid defense 23 minutes a games, yes. How likely ? Less than Powers, Hughes, Edvinsson based on scouting reports.

 

[Gaston Gingras]

This guy is 18, did not play a game in almost a year. The combination of his smooth skating stride, puck-handling skills, his shooting and awareness really impressed me.

 

[Sam of Montreal]

Prospects are drafted based on their potential / tools. That is why some go 1st overall (hedman, dahlin, power, ...) And others go in the 8th round.

I do not profess to know how good Mailloux will become but it was an average to weak draft and he was not slated to go very high. Can he become a 50-60 pts dman while playing solid defense 23 minutes a games, yes. How likely ? Less than Powers, Hughes, Edvinsson based on scouting reports.

Obviously. Just mentionning these names in the thread is an honor to his play.

MB took a ton of flack for this pick. It partially cost him his job. If Mailloux ends up around what he could be, MB's legacy as a draft guy will look much better than what is perceived today.

 

[Anardil]

Good start for raising his value from a simple 'throw in' when he will eventually be traded.

 

[jfhabs]

Good start for raising his value from a simple 'throw in' when he will eventually be traded.

Why would we trade him if he demonstrate he's actually a good prospect at RHD, a position of need for the habs?

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Mailloux scored 2 goals, was +3, and had 8 shots on net today.





After 2 games: 2 goals and 4 pts, +7, 13 shots on net

 

[Dirtyf1ghter]

Offensively he is strong. But I had my doubts about him in the puckless game.

 

[GTA]

Offensively he is strong. But I had my doubts about him in the puckless game.

Yes he made some poor reads defensively today. Definitely some work to be done in the next couple of years to tighten up his defense.

 

[Big Empty]

 

[montreal]

 

[wetcoast]

Yes he made some poor reads defensively today. Definitely some work to be done in the next couple of years to tighten up his defense.

Defense can be taught more easily than offense all in all looking like an impressive start to his season here.

The Knights have also added Kirill Steklov to bolster their back end.

Are these 2 additions enough to make them one of the favorites in the OHL right now?

 

[ole ole]

Mailloux scored 2 goals, was +3, and had 8 shots on net today.





After 2 games: 2 goals and 4 pts, +7, 13 shots on net

Loved the pick from day one and loving it even more now.

 

[Burke the Legend]

Prospects are drafted based on their potential / tools. That is why some go 1st overall (hedman, dahlin, power, ...) And others go in the 8th round.

I do not profess to know how good Mailloux will become but it was an average to weak draft and he was not slated to go very high. Can he become a 50-60 pts dman while playing solid defense 23 minutes a games, yes. How likely ? Less than Powers, Hughes, Edvinsson based on scouting reports.

There’s going to be a lot surprises from that draft year because players couldn’t be scouted as well as normal due to all the league closures.

 

[wetcoast]

Loved the pick from day one and loving it even more now.

Fair enough as you did say so at the time.

That being said while I understand different teams have different lists there were other NHL more projectable Dmen available at that pick who were less of a project than Mailloux.

But his size, skating and offensive package was probably the difference to the Habs and maybe they didn't think that he would be there at 63.

IMO he probably would have been but that's something we will never know... well at least not for some time.

 

[The Moose is Loose]

Evan Bouchard lite?

Look at what Bouchard did in the OHL leading up to the 2018 draft compared to what Mailloux did last year.

They’re different caliber prospects. Bouchard went 10th in a strong draft, that was loaded with dmen, and he slipped to 10, he was expected to go higher.
That’s not an insult to Mailloux to say he is behind Bouchard, it looks like he is progressing nicely.

 

[De Montreal]

Look at what Bouchard did in the OHL leading up to the 2018 draft compared to what Mailloux did last year.

They’re different caliber prospects. Bouchard went 10th in a strong draft, that was loaded with dmen, and he slipped to 10, he was expected to go higher.
That’s not an insult to Mailloux to say he is behind Bouchard, it looks like he is progressing nicely.

Yeah, I did write lite…

 

[The Moose is Loose]

Yeah, I did write lite…

Fair enough!

Bouchard isn’t the first player who comes to mind for me since their strengths are different but I do like Mailloux’s potential

 

[Big Empty]

Real Life GOAT.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

He's had a few nice end to end rushes in the 2 games he played

 

[jfhabs]

Fair enough as you did say so at the time.

That being said while I understand different teams have different lists there were other NHL more projectable Dmen available at that pick who were less of a project than Mailloux.

But his size, skating and offensive package was probably the difference to the Habs and maybe they didn't think that he would be there at 63.

IMO he probably would have been but that's something we will never know... well at least not for some time.

Imo there's 0 chance he was there past 40. I think Timmins said he had info a team was going to take him in the early 2nd.

 

[wetcoast]

Imo there's 0 chance he was there past 40. I think Timmins said he had info a team was going to take him in the early 2nd.

I still think it was a reach given the circumstances but it doesn't really matter at the end of the day.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Glad to see that his off ice issues were put behind him and he's excelling in junior

 

[MasterPecno]

Timmins best pick in the last 5 years was his last

 

[Colezuki]

Timmins best pick in the last 5 years was his last

Technically he made 8 more after this one so why are you bringing up Joe Vrbatic?

 

[Anardil]

Why would we trade him if he demonstrate he's actually a good prospect at RHD, a position of need for the habs?

You don't think that the same sh*tstorm will occur when he shows up for training camp next fall. I have said, and will continue to believe that Mailloux (though, by no fault of his,) will never play for the Habs.