In this episode, host Haley Taylor Simon addresses the full picture of Logan Mailloux—from the serious off-ice incident that made headlines during his draft year, to his path of accountability, development, and now his fresh start with the St. Louis Blues. With Mailloux officially joining the team via trade from Montreal, we dive into his public remarks, what the Blues are expecting from him on the ice, and how the organization is approaching his past as part of his future. It’s a candid, honest look at growth, opportunity, and responsibility in today’s NHL.
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Logan Mailloux is a good player with a lot of promise…share your thoughts..
My thoughts is that we gave up the best player, a player that was NHL proven, a player who is improving , a player that was cost controlled, and a player that showed every reason to believe he would improve. We got a maybe, unproven defensemen who has second line potential, and who has huge question marks. You can make every excuse about position and strength but the bottom line is the best player left, a huge risk is coming back, and the ceiling is second line Krug. Sometimes its better to wait and not make a move you in hindsight may regret. The bottom line is Zac should have brought back more.
I like the channel. You do great work and it's fun to listen to your efforts and opinions. I've been a Blues fan since Bernie Federko was a rookie. I remember MANY trades over the years that didn't please me at the time, but later turned out to be good decisions. There are always a few bad ones too, but they happen less often than the good ones. In short, get used to trades you don't like; especially in the modern commercial era. The NHL is a multi-billion dollar business. At the end of the day, the admins only care about a return on their financial investments. If fans are pleased along the way, that's great, but they don't care too much about us. Look at the soaring income players are receiving. The only way to continue to fuel this is to continue to bolster advertising (on jerseys, helmets, etc.) and to raise ticket and streaming prices. With no cap in sight, how high will all this go?
I apologize for not knowing your guests name which isn’t mentioned in the title or summary, but he summed it up perfectly. I trust Armstrong decision especially with the pool of wingers we have. Everyone is always big on changing the costly D and Doug made the change finally with a young big D man who has big upside and could develop into a PP quarterback.
Habs fan here, I understand the frustration of Blues fans for losing a young player like Bolduc but acquiring young promising RHDs in the NHL comes at a price.
They're very hard to trade for because they are more rare, you have to draft them and as defensemen they take longer to develop.
As for Mailloux (pronounced Maiyou), Bergevin (Habs previous GM) took a LOT of heat from Montreal fans/media for drafting him and its probably one of the many reasons he eventually got fired. It showed a lack of judgment and put a bad light on the historical Habs organization.
The kid made a horrendous mistake but he has worked since then to redeem himself so I wouldn't be too worried about his character for the future. From what I can tell, he seemed well liked by his teammates in Laval.
On the hockey side, he has all the tools to be a successful NHL player … he's very mobile (good skater), he has a great shot and he has the size (with a mean streak). Offensive defenseman.
The reason he was sent back to the AHL is that he needed to work on the defensive aspects of his game (defensive awareness/reading plays). He still has some work to do in that area but I'm sure your coaching staff will take care of that.
I think it's a Win/Win situation for both teams … we each addressed organizational needs.
Habs fan here… We feel the same about Logan Mailloux: "You have to give something to get something." The facts are that the Habs are overstocked in defense and goalies, and the Blues have a of forwards. Your ignorance comes out in that you don't even know how to pronounce Mailloux's name (or even Bolduc's for that matter). You could have done some research BEFORE you made the video, it's all out there for you on YouTube. But you didn't even bother to do that much to figure out what you got. Montreal is NOT pretty much Toronto: you guys are absolutely uninformed.
mailoux made a mistake,he addressed it and did everything to address it ,he was a young 17 year old as for his talent,he is big,mobile and still learning,bolduc was doing nothing till he got with monthy,in the playoffs he was a nonissue,montreal fans are calling this trade a steal by montreal,but wait armstrong does not make many mistakes and this could be a major steal by st louis
Mailloux was never going to stay in Montreal. There is a stink on him related to the manner in which he was drafted. It got tons of negative media in Montreal and that memory does not go away. Montreal new management handled it well, develop the player to make him trade attractive and move him to a city where his past does not follow him.
The only part of Mailloux's "past" that is of note is how it inspires the obsession of bloggers, podcasters, content creators, and other internet cave dwellers who obnoxiously insist on bringing it up, because it's cheap, easy, gossipy content. In terms of character, I think would-be tabloid trolls are far less worthy of "forgiveness" than a young, testosterone-filled man making the same type of "questionable" decisions any of us might be prone to making in the same circumstance. For my part, I'm excited to have him on the team, and I hope this talk of his "past" gets tossed in the crapper where it belongs. The future is a lot more interesting.