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[Bubble4427]

They traded a perennial 19 goal scorer for a clone of Chris McAlpine.

There, I fixed it for you.
Bolduc has never scored 20 much less 30….
You suck as a troll. Try harder.

[TheJackBurton]

They traded a perennial 19 goal scorer for a clone of Chris McAlpine.

There, I fixed it for you.
Bolduc has never scored 20 much less 30….
You suck as a troll. Try harder.

Yep, and yep.

[Mr.Snuggleupagus]

They traded a perennial 19 goal scorer for a clone of Chris McAlpine.

There, I fixed it for you.
Bolduc has never scored 20 much less 30….
You suck as a troll. Try harder.

You think he will only get 19 this season and beyond?

You suck at player analysis and basic hockey knowledge in general.

[a smell of green grass]

Thing that a lot of people are missing is positional value.

RHD has a lot more value compared to wing.

Bolduc is a young middle 6 winger, who's ceiling is a top 6 winger.

Mailoux is an established AHL all star RHD who's next step is the NHL, and who's ceiling is projected as being a top 4 dman.

Of course it would have been better to get a more established player, but a young RHD already playing in the top 4 is going to cost a lot more than Bolduc.

The logic behind the trade is sound but there is definite risk that Mailoux doesnt hit and doesnt become an NHL player.

Pretty much exactly.

Now give him the time and games to find out what kind of trade the Blues actually made.

If Mailloux simply becomes a servicable 3/4 RD, with his size & offense, the trade made sense. Even if he's a bust, it still made sense. Is he or isn't he ahead of any other RHD in our pipeline ?
At any rate as already said, its way too early to be drawing any conclusions.

I think the point w/ Pronger isn't to compare him in terms of potential, but to emphasize that even as great a shut-down, ice-time-eating d-man as that gangly kid became, it was a process.

It's simply amazing how small the expectations are around here.

The management group that evaluated Bolduc and Mailloux is STILL IN PLACE. They will continue to make gross errors into the future. Consider the facts fully. Army has been trying to replace Pietrangelo for 6 years. Mailloux is but the LATEST FAILURE. Pietrangelo came in as a #4 pick, before Army's time.

We need a GM that can find and develop an elite RHD. Army is failing. Period.

So the GM and scouting dept that were in place to draft and develop Bolduc aren't good enough to develop Mailloux?

The scouting and development that HAD NO IDEA
- how good Bolduc is in 2025
- how bad Mailloux through 2027

is incompetent. I would not trust them with any scouting.

[TheJackBurton]

Thing that a lot of people are missing is positional value.

RHD has a lot more value compared to wing.

Bolduc is a young middle 6 winger, who's ceiling is a top 6 winger.

Mailoux is an established AHL all star RHD who's next step is the NHL, and who's ceiling is projected as being a top 4 dman.

Of course it would have been better to get a more established player, but a young RHD already playing in the top 4 is going to cost a lot more than Bolduc.

The logic behind the trade is sound but there is definite risk that Mailoux doesnt hit and doesnt become an NHL player.

Pretty much exactly.

Now give him the time and games to find out what kind of trade the Blues actually made.

If Mailloux simply becomes a servicable 3/4 RD, with his size & offense, the trade made sense. Even if he's a bust, it still made sense. Is he or isn't he ahead of any other RHD in our pipeline ?
At any rate as already said, its way too early to be drawing any conclusions.

I think the point w/ Pronger isn't to compare him in terms of potential, but to emphasize that even as great a shut-down, ice-time-eating d-man as that gangly kid became, it was a process.

It's simply amazing how small the expectations are around here.

The management group that evaluated Bolduc and Mailloux is STILL IN PLACE. They will continue to make gross errors into the future. Consider the facts fully. Army has been trying to replace Pietrangelo for 6 years. Mailloux is but the LATEST FAILURE. Pietrangelo came in as a #4 pick, before Army's time.

We need a GM that can find and develop an elite RHD. Army is failing. Period.

So the GM and scouting dept that were in place to draft and develop Bolduc aren't good enough to develop Mailloux?

The scouting and development that HAD NO IDEA
- how good Bolduc is in 2025
- how bad Mailloux through 2027

is incompetent. I would not trust them with any scouting.

What are you basing that on?

What makes you think they think Bolduc is terrible?

What make you think they think Mailloux won't ever be any good?

I mean at this point the workers are absolutely exhausted from moving the goalposts every other post.

[Bubble4427]

They traded a perennial 19 goal scorer for a clone of Chris McAlpine.

There, I fixed it for you.
Bolduc has never scored 20 much less 30….
You suck as a troll. Try harder.

You think he will only get 19 this season and beyond?

You suck at player analysis and basic hockey knowledge in general.

You’re comparing a player that has played parts of 3 seasons in the NHl to one that has played 15 games and claim to already know how each player will pan out…..

Pronger was a -33 and brutal through the first 200 games of his career. No one on here expects Mailloux to be Chris Pronger…but the people who know hockey also realize that the player you see now isn’t the one you will see after 150-200 games.

Trust me….you don’t know hockey or trolling .