Logan Mailloux will make his NHL debut tonight at the Bell Center
Logan Mailloux will make his NHL debut tonight at the Bell Centre #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/IPtUxxZ8iH
— Montreal Canadiens (@CanadiensMTL) April 16, 2024
On the night from Saturday to Sunday, St. Louis Blues match at home with Dallas. It was their fifth game this season and the first without defender Logan Mailloux. He replaced him in the stands as a healthy substitute.
On the same day, the Montreal Canadiens played at home against the New York Rangers. More than 14 minutes were played by Zachary Bolduc, who, as a new signing, scored four points in the first six games.
It was these hockey players who were exchanged by the mentioned clubs on July 1 in the player-for-player trade. However, their starts in new positions are diametrically different.
Blues fans were the least satisfied from day one. An unproven, but talented defender came in for the established striker.
Management St. Louis has already offered an apology in his defense – but that won’t settle the bitter feeling. Mailloux is the worst defender at the start of the 2025/26 season, which we will explain based on several statistics.
Originally traded reported as significantly more balanced, and in the long run, it can happen. Right now, though, it looks like another masterstroke by Montreal manager Kent Hughes.
Here’s 2 pour Juraj Slafkovský! 🤠#LetsGoSabres c. #GoHabsGo on RDS 📺 pic.twitter.com/0Z3m4psK80
— RDS (@RDSca) October 21, 2025
Juraj Slafkovský caught up with Bolduc only on Tuesday night, when he scored his third goal of the season in a win over Buffalo. However, he still loses one point to him in productivity.
Šimon Nemec assisted on a goal in New Jersey’s 5-2 win over Toronto, the Devils’ fifth straight win. Martin Fehérváry, who won with Washington over Seattle 4:1, also had an assist.
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Montreal caused outrage with its selection
Hughes and President of Hockey Affairs Jeff Gorton are working on their own vision for the Canadiens. According to her, they also worked out the aforementioned exchange.
Mailloux was not their choice in the first place, and they took him with a team that they wanted to rebuild and complete. He joined the organization roughly half a year before them, when former general manager Marc Bergevin selected him at the end of the first round of the draft.
This caused indignant reactions, even from government officials. Mailloux did not wish to be drafted and even discouraged St. Louis Blues, who considered his selection, but in the end chose Bolduc instead.
The reason for Mailloux’s unprecedented request was that
