He’s definitely not on the trajectory you’d like him to be on with long term injuries in consecutive years right? Everyone taken in front of him is in the NHL, along with a couple players taken behind him.
But I think the logic would be “you don’t need him, you have Dobson”. Mailloux has far less value as far as I’m concerned, and I’m not sure Lou is as lenient as Hughes as far as having guys like that in the organization - Tony D is divisive but he’s not out here committing crimes.
All this being said, I don’t really love the trade for the Isles lol. Wouldn’t hate it if it happened, but you’re really banking on development rather than a sure thing - doesn’t really matter where they were taken in the draft as both were somewhat of a surprise/reach. I don’t know if that’s what Lou is looking for