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We’re going over the recent discourse on former Montreal Canadiens and current St Louis Blues d-man Logan Mailloux.
This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter
This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
Logan Mailloux was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2021 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st) Buffalo Sabres, Owen Power
2nd) Seattle Kraken, Matty Beniers
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Mason McTavish
4th) New Jersey Devils, Luke Hughes
5th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Kent Johnson
6th) Detroit Red Wings, Simon Edvinsson
7th) San Jose Sharks, William Eklund
8th) Los Angeles Kings, Brandt Clarke
9th) Arizona Coyotes (from Vancouver Canucks), Dylan Guenther
10th) Ottawa Senators, Tyler Boucher
11th) Arizona Coyotes, FORFEITED
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Sillinger
13th) Calgary Flames, Matthew Coronato
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Philadelphia Flyers), Isak Rosén
15th) Detroit Red Wings (from Dallas Stars), Sebastian Cossa
16th) New York Rangers, Brennan Othmann
17th) St. Louis Blues, Zachary Bolduc
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Chaz Lucius
19th) Nashville Predators, Fedor Svechkov
20th) Minnesota Wild (from Edmonton Oilers), Jesper Wallstedt
21st) Boston Bruins, Fabian Lysell
22nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Minnesota Wild), Xavier Bourgault
23rd) Dallas Stars (from Washington Capitals via Detroit Red Wings), Wyatt Johnston
24th) Florida Panthers, Mackie Samoskevich
25th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Corson Ceulemans
26th) Minnesota Wild (from Pittsburgh Penguins), Carson Lambos
27th) Nashville Predators (from Carolina Hurricanes), Zachary L’Heureux
28th) Colorado Avalanche, Oskar Olausson
29th) New Jersey Devils (from New York Islanders), Chase Stillman
30th) Vegas Golden Knights, Zach Dean
31st) Montreal Canadiens, Logan Mailloux
32nd) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Columbus Blue Jackets), Nolan Allan
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29 Comments
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Great shot…he will have a good future in the NHL
Needs more time in the AHL!
Sounds like Edmonton last year coping over broberg and Holloway honestly
What people are failing to highly underestimate about Mailoux coming to the Blues is Jim Montgomery's system.
Its a great defensive system and Mailoux will be playing on the Blues third line d pair (more than likely ) behind a lot of veteran defensemen.
He will have a lot of knowledge thrown his way and there is less pressure on him than the situation in Montreal.
Blues fan here wasn't the biggest fan of this trade at first. But after reflecting on it i would not be surprised if he has a break out year with us. The way our defense is always getting in on the rush in the ozone with our forwards taking some of the defense liability out of it. That might be the difference maker for him plus with our veteran defense and great coaching staff to help teach him along the way. I am staying positive after losing a player i really liked
idk about all that but Bolduc is going to get paid more soon and we have an assload of young forwards. It hurts but shifting some of the young talent toward the defensive side is probably pretty smart even if it is a risk on Mailloux
As a Blues fan the Blues would not have been able to pay Bolduc, Holloway and Broberg 6-7+ Million next year, Mailloux will be much cheaper. Also the blues have many fowards coming up and we needed to get younger on defence.
Mailloux can be a big surprise. In 2 or 3 years he will still be dangerous offensively, and will have ironed out his defensive play. I wish him the best.
They were clearly talking about if he didn’t have the off the ice issues. He could have been a top 10 pick at the time due to skill. They aren’t talking about a redraft
doug armstrong is no fool,probably the best gm in the nhl,runs teram canada ,he knows..
I think this video is way off base, for a couple of reasons.
First, the criticism of this trade from St. Louis' side has been widespread. People see the possibilities with Mailloux, but there is a lot of risk taking him on when Bolduc proved himself so well this year.
Second, I did not interpret Armstrong's words to be that Mailloux would go top 10 in a redraft. What I heard was that Mailloux had lost a lot of stock in the draft because of his off-ice problems. Between that and withdrawing from the draft, he still ended up going in the first round. So the comment is saying that if that if he hadn't lost so much draft stock, he might have gone top 10.
For me, this trade makes sense because Bolduc (and Neighbors) are projecting as either middle or top 6 forwards that will remain trapped on the Blues third line behind Buchnevich, Snuggerud, Holloway, and Kyrou. I can't imagine Bolduc wanting to remain in STL long term just to play 3rd line minutes. Trading for Mailloux is a calculated risk with a lot of upside for the Blues due to their dearth of defensive prospects and their ridiculous depth of winger prospects.
The Blues will have Bolduc's roster spot more than filled in one, maybe two years. MTL will love him, though. He was one of my favorite Blues.
Habs use turtle Savard ..for future noth MAILLOUX …45 POINTS BY YEAR POTENTIALLY
His Stats were not great this year cuz he had no pp time, they worked him in the pk this year. He will score easily 10 to 20 goals a year on pp, the true question is can he improve the defense.
Mailloux was well liked by fans in Laval and in Montreal. No one with a working brain thinks he will never make the NHL but saying he’s NHL ready now is a bit of a stretch. Mtl. needed some offence and sandpaper and this is what they’re getting. So as it stands now, the Habs have the upper hand in this trade as they get a player who has already proved he can perform at the NHL level in Bolduc, while St Louis gets a great developing prospect in Mailloux; « prospect » being the operative word here.
I dont see top 10 but you never know. I wish Mailloux well in St. Louis, but I think this trade has win/win written all over it right now. Why does every trade NEED to have a winner and a loser. It was 2 teams trading high potential 1st rounders that are the same age. Both teams traded a young player from positions they had an abundance of
Boulduc disappeared in the Jets series had Holloway been healthy he doesn’t play at all
Thomas kyrou bolduc neighbours, Tage Thompson, jimmy snuggerud, all of those guys were mid to late round 1st round picks by the blues that hit. Kyrou was a second rounder. Besides Dominic bokk(who the blues traded..interestingly enough) all of our 1st rounders have hit for half a decade or more. If they think Mailloux has something special I believe they know what they’re doing. We either 1. Have a great scouting staff or 2. Are great at developing players. We’ll see how it ages.
Part of the problem for habs fans with Mailloux was the unethical way bergevin picked him up. He's two years behind Bolduc in his development. But St Louis needs defenders. Montreal needs forwards.
You can go out and get a 20 goal scoring winger way easier than you can get a young right shot Dman, STL won this trade.
I subscribed to your channel after watching 30 – 40 of your videos. I subscribed because I came to value your opinion…I'm a Blues fan, have been since they started back in '67, when it was 7 years old…..
What I've learned about sports & players is, there's no guarantee…Take Albert Pujols (baseball) for instance. Albert was drafted i believe in the 26th round, and 600+ overall…WHODATHUNKIT ? … One of the games all time greats, and he fool everyone…
I'll give Mailloux his day in court. I won't shame him if he goes to the AHL for a year or more, to develop. NHL defenders historically take longer to develop than Wingers / Forwards…If and this turns out to be the case, and he comes in after that development process, and turns into 90% of a Bowen Byram, I'll consider this a great trade…
Half the people out there making hockey videos, are a bunch of pimple faced numbnuts living in their Mommies basement. I have no idea what you look like, but your enthusiasm, your excitement and your knowledge of players and the game, is what appealed to me, about you. Your opinion is not off base, in fact, it's rational. I believe Army & Monte are selling seats, that's part of their job. It's their credibility they're laying on the line. As far as the Blues scouting department goes, I believe they have a pretty awesome team and have guided the Blues to some good to great prospects, Bolduc being one of them…
Time is not a today or tomorrow, now now now benchmark for where I'm going to evaluate Mailloux. If after 2 full seasons he doesn't make the club and shine like the star he's been promoted to be, then I'll be completely disappointed…Let's see where Bolduc is in 2 years as well…Bolduc had a pretty damn good supporting cast around him here. Bolduc earned his wings, but it took 1/2 the season before his feathers grew healthy enough to fly…
Thanks for the channel, I absolutely enjoy it.
Like Mailloux has the shot the physical attributes and other great things, but his hockey IQ is subpar at best and will make some face palm mistakes with the fact it’s probably the hardest part for a player to work on.
Upside are there, there is also no way I see him having a spot on our roster.
Coaches if yu notice bring along players better than others…Habs live in the past and have this I'm special without proving much…ok!!
A number of those players you listed as Top 10 guys in a re-draft haven't teally made too much of a mark on the NHL as yet , Zellweger , Coronado and even Owen Power haven't really lit up the league as yet and considering how good tje Blues have been recently evaluating talent (check put their success with their 1st round draft choices mostly drafting lower than 15) I say if they think this kid Mailloux is NHL ready , he probably is. Not running down MTL's talent evaluators at all , I just think you all are trying to make yourselves believe you won this trade handily which I don't think the trade can be evaluated for 2-3 yrs yet. Believe me when it say , as a Blues fan , we love Bolduc , but he , like Mailloux , has his issues. I think this will end up neing a good trade for both teams , but as far as which one got the better deal , only time will tell , so dial it bavk a bit , yeah?
Well typically, people don't do a redraft before somebody has even played 1 year in the NHL. Comparing Mailoux to other players, such as Forwards at this stage is just silly. Give Logan 4 or 5 NHL seasons and see where he lands in a redraft. It will be unlikely that Montgomery is wrong.
I have been saying for years that Logan is the best Habs defenseman since Weber …Blues got a future Hall of famer …Struble & Carrier should have been unloaded instead of Logan ..Logan was screwed by Molson and that snooty woman that hangs around him that is in charge of DISCRIMINATION ..They were not going to allow Logan the time to prove himself in the NHL ..They panicked when he got half a point per game , showed leadership & grit ..So they buried him in the AHL where he is an All Star ….Army is right Logan is NHL ready and will by the back bone of the Blues ..Hughes had to do what Molson ordered ..Habs fans got cheated again ….We are left with some D players that are never going to amount to one quarter of Logan ..Logan will become a bigger Dennis Potvin …Bravo for the Logan and the Blues !!!!!!
1. Blues scouting staff are among the best in the league. They're the reason why the team has been able to maintain a respectable prospect pool while being tied with Boston for the most playoff appearances since 1980. They've had to find the diamonds in the rough to compete. 2. Al MacInnis is still part of the Blues' management team. They don't have an opinion about any prospect without getting input from their HOF'er alum. 3. Of course the Blues are going to hype any new player when they came at the cost of a fan favorite. Every team does that. 4. The Blues likely are a bit over-enthusiastic right now. This is a transition year, Armstrong's last as GM, and he's trying to set the franchise up for long-term success before he leaves. 5. It's hard not to get excited about the studs in StL's stable right now–they have every reason to expect to be competitive for the next decade and beyond. There's no reason to think Mailloux won't be a big part of that. 6. Both teams are better for the trade. If Montreal thinks they got the best player in the deal, good for them. Why knock StL for feeling the same?
Lol kinda took that top 10 redraft outta context.. relax. He's hyping up his new player. Give it 5 years..
Blues fan here, but the Habs have been my favorite Eastern Conference team for a while now (Since the Shea Weber years!)
First, You guys are getting a really good player in Bolduc who plays the 'right' way, combining skill, hard work, toughness, and team play. I think he's going to become a fan-favorite pretty quickly.
Second, I'm hopeful that Mailloux has great upside, especially playing for Jim Montgomery. I look at how rejuvenated Cam Fowler was playing for Monty, and I could see Mailloux thriving the same way, if he's at all coachable and comes in with the right attitude. He certainly seems to have the physical talents and skills if he develops well.
Overall, each team traded from a position of depth for a position of need. The main difference is that Bolduc is already fulfilling his potential, while Mailloux is just now starting to show hat he's capable of, so is a bigger question mark.
Here's hoping for a Blues-Canadiens Stanley Cup final in the near future!