Mailloux sucked last night

[Harry S Deals]

Monty on Mailloux's debut: "Good moment and moments where he needs to mature his game and just make the game a little simpler." #stlblues

You think the coach is going to say he was garbage?

He wasnt garbage that seems a little harsh to me. Yes i trust Montys opinion over every single random internet forum poster

There were very little (if any) bright spots for him last night and he was front and center for 2 of the goals against. Monty is not going to give his true opinion publicly to the media. Of course he is going to say what he said. That's not how it works and you know it.

I'm not cheering for LM to fail or anything but he was objectively horrid by all metrics last night. He was not alone but that does not change it.

Why don’t we see where we’re at by Christmas and save the hot takes?

Why can't we discuss the team? We can only talk about positive things? We have to wait until Christmas before we can say whether a player had a good game or not? I am not saying release or bench the guy but the thread is titled "Mailloux sucked last night". He did...

Were you this harsh to Bolduc last year when he was awful for 20 games, not 1?

I definitely said he wasn’t showing much. But he didn’t have any game I can remember where he didn’t look nhl caliber, even if he had plenty where he looked unremarkable

Then you weren’t very observant.
Bolduc looked LOST a whole lot the first month of the season, not, the first game of the season, but the whole first month.
He had his raw skills and, for the casual observer, he might have even seemed like “ he wasn’t showing much”…
He was LOST in the transition game.
Lost.
So bad that he got benched… a lot.

The benching seemed to work and on more than one occasion, later in the season I remarked that Bolduc was the poster child for struggling rookies using their time in the press box well.

When a rookie forward is lost, it only fouls up your chances for a decent Rush, and results in a stupid turnover, usually.

When a rookie D man makes a mistake, to quote Mr. Plante,” They turn on a red light and 15,000 people stand up and yell at you”.

Bolduc didn't do anything in the AHL nor his first 50 NHL games, very little but the Blues developed him just like Kyrou, Thomas, Neighbours, Parayko, etc so I would give LM the same runway to work on his game with Monty, Weber and co.

[theograce]

Monty on Mailloux's debut: "Good moment and moments where he needs to mature his game and just make the game a little simpler." #stlblues

You think the coach is going to say he was garbage?

He wasnt garbage that seems a little harsh to me. Yes i trust Montys opinion over every single random internet forum poster

There were very little (if any) bright spots for him last night and he was front and center for 2 of the goals against. Monty is not going to give his true opinion publicly to the media. Of course he is going to say what he said. That's not how it works and you know it.

I'm not cheering for LM to fail or anything but he was objectively horrid by all metrics last night. He was not alone but that does not change it.

Why don’t we see where we’re at by Christmas and save the hot takes?

Why can't we discuss the team? We can only talk about positive things? We have to wait until Christmas before we can say whether a player had a good game or not? I am not saying release or bench the guy but the thread is titled "Mailloux sucked last night". He did...

Were you this harsh to Bolduc last year when he was awful for 20 games, not 1?

I definitely said he wasn’t showing much. But he didn’t have any game I can remember where he didn’t look nhl caliber, even if he had plenty where he looked unremarkable

Then you weren’t very observant.
Bolduc looked LOST a whole lot the first month of the season, not, the first game of the season, but the whole first month.
He had his raw skills and, for the casual observer, he might have even seemed like “ he wasn’t showing much”…
He was LOST in the transition game.
Lost.
So bad that he got benched… a lot.

The benching seemed to work and on more than one occasion, later in the season I remarked that Bolduc was the poster child for struggling rookies using their time in the press box well.

When a rookie forward is lost, it only fouls up your chances for a decent Rush, and results in a stupid turnover, usually.

When a rookie D man makes a mistake, to quote Mr. Plante,” They turn on a red light and 15,000 people stand up and yell at you”.

Bolduc didn't do anything in the AHL nor his first 50 NHL games, very little but the Blues developed him just like Kyrou, Thomas, Neighbours, Parayko, etc so I would give LM the same runway to work on his game with Monty, Weber and co.

You can’t just compare a forward’s and dmans development in a vacuum. Look at them as players. Mailloux has always struggled defensively … this isn’t a transition issue. Will he improve? Probably, but what that looks like who knows.

Nobody thought we had Brett Hull when we traded for Brett Hull. Underestimations/bad trades happen all the time.

[skilles]

Monty on Mailloux's debut: "Good moment and moments where he needs to mature his game and just make the game a little simpler." #stlblues

You think the coach is going to say he was garbage?

He wasnt garbage that seems a little harsh to me. Yes i trust Montys opinion over every single random internet forum poster

There were very little (if any) bright spots for him last night and he was front and center for 2 of the goals against. Monty is not going to give his true opinion publicly to the media. Of course he is going to say what he said. That's not how it works and you know it.

I'm not cheering for LM to fail or anything but he was objectively horrid by all metrics last night. He was not alone but that does not change it.

Why don’t we see where we’re at by Christmas and save the hot takes?

Why can't we discuss the team? We can only talk about positive things? We have to wait until Christmas before we can say whether a player had a good game or not? I am not saying release or bench the guy but the thread is titled "Mailloux sucked last night". He did...

Were you this harsh to Bolduc last year when he was awful for 20 games, not 1?

I definitely said he wasn’t showing much. But he didn’t have any game I can remember where he didn’t look nhl caliber, even if he had plenty where he looked unremarkable

Then you weren’t very observant.
Bolduc looked LOST a whole lot the first month of the season, not, the first game of the season, but the whole first month.
He had his raw skills and, for the casual observer, he might have even seemed like “ he wasn’t showing much”…
He was LOST in the transition game.
Lost.
So bad that he got benched… a lot.

The benching seemed to work and on more than one occasion, later in the season I remarked that Bolduc was the poster child for struggling rookies using their time in the press box well.

When a rookie forward is lost, it only fouls up your chances for a decent Rush, and results in a stupid turnover, usually.

When a rookie D man makes a mistake, to quote Mr. Plante,” They turn on a red light and 15,000 people stand up and yell at you”.

Bolduc didn't do anything in the AHL nor his first 50 NHL games, very little but the Blues developed him just like Kyrou, Thomas, Neighbours, Parayko, etc so I would give LM the same runway to work on his game with Monty, Weber and co.

So would I but I wouldn't have traded a player that had just came out the other side of that for a player that hasn't.

We should absolutely give LM the time to develop, should not have trade Bolduc for him.

[LewisL]

Before Tucker's shot on the Suter goal, I felt Tucker looked worse and had more mistakes than Mailloux. Mailloux hasn't been hurting us IMO.

[blackinkbiz]

I haven't had a chance to watch much yet, not to mention I don't get carried away by the first month of the season unless things are either extremely good or bad. But, a team worse -3 with 0 points while Bolduc is tearing it up with 3 goals and an assist in Montreal. Ummm...

Eeeeeek! Not the start anyone hoped for unless you're a Montreal fan.

[Harry S Deals]

Monty on Mailloux's debut: "Good moment and moments where he needs to mature his game and just make the game a little simpler." #stlblues

You think the coach is going to say he was garbage?

He wasnt garbage that seems a little harsh to me. Yes i trust Montys opinion over every single random internet forum poster

There were very little (if any) bright spots for him last night and he was front and center for 2 of the goals against. Monty is not going to give his true opinion publicly to the media. Of course he is going to say what he said. That's not how it works and you know it.

I'm not cheering for LM to fail or anything but he was objectively horrid by all metrics last night. He was not alone but that does not change it.

Why don’t we see where we’re at by Christmas and save the hot takes?

Why can't we discuss the team? We can only talk about positive things? We have to wait until Christmas before we can say whether a player had a good game or not? I am not saying release or bench the guy but the thread is titled "Mailloux sucked last night". He did...

Were you this harsh to Bolduc last year when he was awful for 20 games, not 1?

I definitely said he wasn’t showing much. But he didn’t have any game I can remember where he didn’t look nhl caliber, even if he had plenty where he looked unremarkable

Then you weren’t very observant.
Bolduc looked LOST a whole lot the first month of the season, not, the first game of the season, but the whole first month.
He had his raw skills and, for the casual observer, he might have even seemed like “ he wasn’t showing much”…
He was LOST in the transition game.
Lost.
So bad that he got benched… a lot.

The benching seemed to work and on more than one occasion, later in the season I remarked that Bolduc was the poster child for struggling rookies using their time in the press box well.

When a rookie forward is lost, it only fouls up your chances for a decent Rush, and results in a stupid turnover, usually.

When a rookie D man makes a mistake, to quote Mr. Plante,” They turn on a red light and 15,000 people stand up and yell at you”.

Bolduc didn't do anything in the AHL nor his first 50 NHL games, very little but the Blues developed him just like Kyrou, Thomas, Neighbours, Parayko, etc so I would give LM the same runway to work on his game with Monty, Weber and co.

So would I but I wouldn't have traded a player that had just came out the other side of that for a player that hasn't.

We should absolutely give LM the time to develop, should not have trade Bolduc for him.

So back to the bigger point then, the Blues are going to pay extensions to Neighbours, Holloway and Snuggerud. Buch and Kyrou are already here Army said something to the effect that the Blues feel like Snuggerud is their top 4 RW and of course we love Neighbours. How many 30 goal guys will the Blues pay? Bolduc vs LM isnt the comparion its Bolduc vs Snuggerud. Time will tell.

[theograce]

Before Tucker's shot on the Suter goal, I felt Tucker looked worse and had more mistakes than Mailloux. Mailloux hasn't been hurting us IMO.

That first game he definitely hurt when he made that play NHL players don’t make that ended up in our net.

[TheHighHat]

My fear with Mailloux especially since he is a d-man is his missed development time from Covid and his off ice indiscretion.
He didn't play a lot in 2020 thru 2022.
Will he become sort of a late bloomer or will he go down as a massive mistake?
Only time will tell.

Let's hope the scout(s) that told Army to acquire LM wasn't the same scout that told Army to jump the TDL in 2023 and trade Barbashev for Dean instead of getting a much better deal later.

We will never know the answers, but the real question is how did those last few days in June play out with trade talks involving Kyrou?
I would love to know what teams Army had serious talks with.
Was Army strictly looking for a RHD?

After Kyrou's NTC kicked in, Bolduc was immediately jettisoned to Montreal.
At minimum Army should have also gotten back one of the Hab's 2nd rounder in 26 to fill in our void in that deal.

Bolduc was bad in his first playoff taste but his style of play is perfect for the spring time and is easier to mold and harness with experience. It's much more difficult to change a player that avoids contact and the tough areas.
There were some interesting, and to no surprise, repetitive threads debating Kyrou play, value, and future playoff performance. I'm a firm believer that we traded the wrong winger in the summer.

Speaking of wrong wingers, I started a thread 3+ years ago stating that Army should trade Buchnevich at his market top.
Most here said I was crazy and that he was our best forward (at the time).
I brought up the age of Buch when his new deal would get kick in and was the first poster to bring up his abysmal playoff production. I was fervently against an extension.
I recall Bleedr & Miami agreeing with me.

Most of us like to b*tch about something, but if you don't do it early, you'll be accused of 2nd guessing.
There were plenty of posters that were against the Bolduc trade when it was announced.
I'm still trying to accept that we're stuck with Buch and Kyrou for the next 6 years.

Many Blues fans have an obsession with ex-Blues and I fear that Bolduc will be known as the one that got away and will be in threads for many more years. It's almost like Army threw a fresh bone to the forum to chew on since the Petro bone has finally been chewed and swallowed.

[skilles]

Monty on Mailloux's debut: "Good moment and moments where he needs to mature his game and just make the game a little simpler." #stlblues

You think the coach is going to say he was garbage?

He wasnt garbage that seems a little harsh to me. Yes i trust Montys opinion over every single random internet forum poster

There were very little (if any) bright spots for him last night and he was front and center for 2 of the goals against. Monty is not going to give his true opinion publicly to the media. Of course he is going to say what he said. That's not how it works and you know it.

I'm not cheering for LM to fail or anything but he was objectively horrid by all metrics last night. He was not alone but that does not change it.

Why don’t we see where we’re at by Christmas and save the hot takes?

Why can't we discuss the team? We can only talk about positive things? We have to wait until Christmas before we can say whether a player had a good game or not? I am not saying release or bench the guy but the thread is titled "Mailloux sucked last night". He did...

Were you this harsh to Bolduc last year when he was awful for 20 games, not 1?

I definitely said he wasn’t showing much. But he didn’t have any game I can remember where he didn’t look nhl caliber, even if he had plenty where he looked unremarkable

Then you weren’t very observant.
Bolduc looked LOST a whole lot the first month of the season, not, the first game of the season, but the whole first month.
He had his raw skills and, for the casual observer, he might have even seemed like “ he wasn’t showing much”…
He was LOST in the transition game.
Lost.
So bad that he got benched… a lot.

The benching seemed to work and on more than one occasion, later in the season I remarked that Bolduc was the poster child for struggling rookies using their time in the press box well.

When a rookie forward is lost, it only fouls up your chances for a decent Rush, and results in a stupid turnover, usually.

When a rookie D man makes a mistake, to quote Mr. Plante,” They turn on a red light and 15,000 people stand up and yell at you”.

Bolduc didn't do anything in the AHL nor his first 50 NHL games, very little but the Blues developed him just like Kyrou, Thomas, Neighbours, Parayko, etc so I would give LM the same runway to work on his game with Monty, Weber and co.

So would I but I wouldn't have traded a player that had just came out the other side of that for a player that hasn't.

We should absolutely give LM the time to develop, should not have trade Bolduc for him.

So back to the bigger point then, the Blues are going to pay extensions to Neighbours, Holloway and Snuggerud. Buch and Kyrou are already here Army said something to the effect that the Blues feel like Snuggerud is their top 4 RW and of course we love Neighbours. How many 30 goal guys will the Blues pay? Bolduc vs LM isnt the comparion its Bolduc vs Snuggerud. Time will tell.

There were lots of options/possibilities and time.

[Harry S Deals]

You think the coach is going to say he was garbage?

He wasnt garbage that seems a little harsh to me. Yes i trust Montys opinion over every single random internet forum poster

There were very little (if any) bright spots for him last night and he was front and center for 2 of the goals against. Monty is not going to give his true opinion publicly to the media. Of course he is going to say what he said. That's not how it works and you know it.

I'm not cheering for LM to fail or anything but he was objectively horrid by all metrics last night. He was not alone but that does not change it.

Why don’t we see where we’re at by Christmas and save the hot takes?

Why can't we discuss the team? We can only talk about positive things? We have to wait until Christmas before we can say whether a player had a good game or not? I am not saying release or bench the guy but the thread is titled "Mailloux sucked last night". He did...

Were you this harsh to Bolduc last year when he was awful for 20 games, not 1?

I definitely said he wasn’t showing much. But he didn’t have any game I can remember where he didn’t look nhl caliber, even if he had plenty where he looked unremarkable

Then you weren’t very observant.
Bolduc looked LOST a whole lot the first month of the season, not, the first game of the season, but the whole first month.
He had his raw skills and, for the casual observer, he might have even seemed like “ he wasn’t showing much”…
He was LOST in the transition game.
Lost.
So bad that he got benched… a lot.

The benching seemed to work and on more than one occasion, later in the season I remarked that Bolduc was the poster child for struggling rookies using their time in the press box well.

When a rookie forward is lost, it only fouls up your chances for a decent Rush, and results in a stupid turnover, usually.

When a rookie D man makes a mistake, to quote Mr. Plante,” They turn on a red light and 15,000 people stand up and yell at you”.

Bolduc didn't do anything in the AHL nor his first 50 NHL games, very little but the Blues developed him just like Kyrou, Thomas, Neighbours, Parayko, etc so I would give LM the same runway to work on his game with Monty, Weber and co.

So would I but I wouldn't have traded a player that had just came out the other side of that for a player that hasn't.

We should absolutely give LM the time to develop, should not have trade Bolduc for him.

So back to the bigger point then, the Blues are going to pay extensions to Neighbours, Holloway and Snuggerud. Buch and Kyrou are already here Army said something to the effect that the Blues feel like Snuggerud is their top 4 RW and of course we love Neighbours. How many 30 goal guys will the Blues pay? Bolduc vs LM isnt the comparion its Bolduc vs Snuggerud. Time will tell.

There were lots of options/possibilities and time.

Do you have other examples are you saying the Blues should have traded either some one other than. Bolduc or kept and paid them all?

[somni]

I haven't had a chance to watch much yet, not to mention I don't get carried away by the first month of the season unless things are either extremely good or bad. But, a team worse -3 with 0 points while Bolduc is tearing it up with 3 goals and an assist in Montreal. Ummm...

Eeeeeek! Not the start anyone hoped for unless you're a Montreal fan.

Just for context, that -1 last night on Mailloux was caused by Tucker being in another zip code.
I thought Mailloux looked ok last night and certainly better with Broberg. I wish the Blues had a solid vet for Mailloux to play with.

[b-a-a-a-rclay]

I haven't had a chance to watch much yet, not to mention I don't get carried away by the first month of the season unless things are either extremely good or bad. But, a team worse -3 with 0 points while Bolduc is tearing it up with 3 goals and an assist in Montreal. Ummm...

Eeeeeek! Not the start anyone hoped for unless you're a Montreal fan.

Just for context, that -1 last night on Mailloux was caused by Tucker being in another zip code.
I thought Mailloux looked ok last night and certainly better with Broberg. I wish the Blues had a solid vet for Mailloux to play with.

I won't be surprised if they don't start flipping Faulk and LM for a few shifts to see how it looks. They are gonna have to find a way to play LM and Tucker more than 10 or 12 TOI. Probably a portion of it is going to need to be with other partners. I'm guessing that Monty and Weber are thinking about it.

[skilles]

He wasnt garbage that seems a little harsh to me. Yes i trust Montys opinion over every single random internet forum poster

There were very little (if any) bright spots for him last night and he was front and center for 2 of the goals against. Monty is not going to give his true opinion publicly to the media. Of course he is going to say what he said. That's not how it works and you know it.

I'm not cheering for LM to fail or anything but he was objectively horrid by all metrics last night. He was not alone but that does not change it.

Why don’t we see where we’re at by Christmas and save the hot takes?

Why can't we discuss the team? We can only talk about positive things? We have to wait until Christmas before we can say whether a player had a good game or not? I am not saying release or bench the guy but the thread is titled "Mailloux sucked last night". He did...

Were you this harsh to Bolduc last year when he was awful for 20 games, not 1?

I definitely said he wasn’t showing much. But he didn’t have any game I can remember where he didn’t look nhl caliber, even if he had plenty where he looked unremarkable

Then you weren’t very observant.
Bolduc looked LOST a whole lot the first month of the season, not, the first game of the season, but the whole first month.
He had his raw skills and, for the casual observer, he might have even seemed like “ he wasn’t showing much”…
He was LOST in the transition game.
Lost.
So bad that he got benched… a lot.

The benching seemed to work and on more than one occasion, later in the season I remarked that Bolduc was the poster child for struggling rookies using their time in the press box well.

When a rookie forward is lost, it only fouls up your chances for a decent Rush, and results in a stupid turnover, usually.

When a rookie D man makes a mistake, to quote Mr. Plante,” They turn on a red light and 15,000 people stand up and yell at you”.

Bolduc didn't do anything in the AHL nor his first 50 NHL games, very little but the Blues developed him just like Kyrou, Thomas, Neighbours, Parayko, etc so I would give LM the same runway to work on his game with Monty, Weber and co.

So would I but I wouldn't have traded a player that had just came out the other side of that for a player that hasn't.

We should absolutely give LM the time to develop, should not have trade Bolduc for him.

So back to the bigger point then, the Blues are going to pay extensions to Neighbours, Holloway and Snuggerud. Buch and Kyrou are already here Army said something to the effect that the Blues feel like Snuggerud is their top 4 RW and of course we love Neighbours. How many 30 goal guys will the Blues pay? Bolduc vs LM isnt the comparion its Bolduc vs Snuggerud. Time will tell.

There were lots of options/possibilities and time.

Do you have other examples are you saying the Blues should have traded either some one other than. Bolduc or kept and paid them all?

Well I don't know what the other options were but if that were the best one I personally would have just held off for now. I personally think we paid well over market and could have got LM for less but that is the trick to making good trades, I think in this scenario we caved and bid against ourselves. I simply don't think LM had that value around the league.

[dhsux]

There were very little (if any) bright spots for him last night and he was front and center for 2 of the goals against. Monty is not going to give his true opinion publicly to the media. Of course he is going to say what he said. That's not how it works and you know it.

I'm not cheering for LM to fail or anything but he was objectively horrid by all metrics last night. He was not alone but that does not change it.

Why don’t we see where we’re at by Christmas and save the hot takes?

Why can't we discuss the team? We can only talk about positive things? We have to wait until Christmas before we can say whether a player had a good game or not? I am not saying release or bench the guy but the thread is titled "Mailloux sucked last night". He did...

Were you this harsh to Bolduc last year when he was awful for 20 games, not 1?

I definitely said he wasn’t showing much. But he didn’t have any game I can remember where he didn’t look nhl caliber, even if he had plenty where he looked unremarkable

Then you weren’t very observant.
Bolduc looked LOST a whole lot the first month of the season, not, the first game of the season, but the whole first month.
He had his raw skills and, for the casual observer, he might have even seemed like “ he wasn’t showing much”…
He was LOST in the transition game.
Lost.
So bad that he got benched… a lot.

The benching seemed to work and on more than one occasion, later in the season I remarked that Bolduc was the poster child for struggling rookies using their time in the press box well.

When a rookie forward is lost, it only fouls up your chances for a decent Rush, and results in a stupid turnover, usually.

When a rookie D man makes a mistake, to quote Mr. Plante,” They turn on a red light and 15,000 people stand up and yell at you”.

Bolduc didn't do anything in the AHL nor his first 50 NHL games, very little but the Blues developed him just like Kyrou, Thomas, Neighbours, Parayko, etc so I would give LM the same runway to work on his game with Monty, Weber and co.

So would I but I wouldn't have traded a player that had just came out the other side of that for a player that hasn't.

We should absolutely give LM the time to develop, should not have trade Bolduc for him.

So back to the bigger point then, the Blues are going to pay extensions to Neighbours, Holloway and Snuggerud. Buch and Kyrou are already here Army said something to the effect that the Blues feel like Snuggerud is their top 4 RW and of course we love Neighbours. How many 30 goal guys will the Blues pay? Bolduc vs LM isnt the comparion its Bolduc vs Snuggerud. Time will tell.

There were lots of options/possibilities and time.

Do you have other examples are you saying the Blues should have traded either some one other than. Bolduc or kept and paid them all?

Well I don't know what the other options were but if that were the best one I personally would have just held off for now. I personally think we paid well over market and could have got LM for less but that is the trick to making good trades, I think in this scenario we caved and bid against ourselves. I simply don't think LM had that value around the league.

How do you know this?

He was a top 15 pick at one time and slipped with off ice issues.

Was he over rated? All weighted on his offense?

Are posters here making these claims based upon the HAbs moving him? Based upon the 2 games they have seen him play, of which the second had 50% improvement over the first?

I just don't get the doom and gloom on a guy with 9 games in the league.

So how do you know the Blues paid well over market, I am curious.

[MiamiLaw]

Monty on Mailloux's debut: "Good moment and moments where he needs to mature his game and just make the game a little simpler." #stlblues

You think the coach is going to say he was garbage?

He wasnt garbage that seems a little harsh to me. Yes i trust Montys opinion over every single random internet forum poster

There were very little (if any) bright spots for him last night and he was front and center for 2 of the goals against. Monty is not going to give his true opinion publicly to the media. Of course he is going to say what he said. That's not how it works and you know it.

I'm not cheering for LM to fail or anything but he was objectively horrid by all metrics last night. He was not alone but that does not change it.

Why don’t we see where we’re at by Christmas and save the hot takes?

Why can't we discuss the team? We can only talk about positive things? We have to wait until Christmas before we can say whether a player had a good game or not? I am not saying release or bench the guy but the thread is titled "Mailloux sucked last night". He did...

Were you this harsh to Bolduc last year when he was awful for 20 games, not 1?

I definitely said he wasn’t showing much. But he didn’t have any game I can remember where he didn’t look nhl caliber, even if he had plenty where he looked unremarkable

Then you weren’t very observant.
Bolduc looked LOST a whole lot the first month of the season, not, the first game of the season, but the whole first month.
He had his raw skills and, for the casual observer, he might have even seemed like “ he wasn’t showing much”…
He was LOST in the transition game.
Lost.
So bad that he got benched… a lot.

The benching seemed to work and on more than one occasion, later in the season I remarked that Bolduc was the poster child for struggling rookies using their time in the press box well.

When a rookie forward is lost, it only fouls up your chances for a decent Rush, and results in a stupid turnover, usually.

When a rookie D man makes a mistake, to quote Mr. Plante,” They turn on a red light and 15,000 people stand up and yell at you”.

Bolduc didn't do anything in the AHL nor his first 50 NHL games, very little but the Blues developed him just like Kyrou, Thomas, Neighbours, Parayko, etc so I would give LM the same runway to work on his game with Monty, Weber and co.

I 100% think we should give him runway. That’s what he needs

[blackinkbiz]

Monty on Mailloux's debut: "Good moment and moments where he needs to mature his game and just make the game a little simpler." #stlblues

You think the coach is going to say he was garbage?

He wasnt garbage that seems a little harsh to me. Yes i trust Montys opinion over every single random internet forum poster

There were very little (if any) bright spots for him last night and he was front and center for 2 of the goals against. Monty is not going to give his true opinion publicly to the media. Of course he is going to say what he said. That's not how it works and you know it.

I'm not cheering for LM to fail or anything but he was objectively horrid by all metrics last night. He was not alone but that does not change it.

Why don’t we see where we’re at by Christmas and save the hot takes?

Why can't we discuss the team? We can only talk about positive things? We have to wait until Christmas before we can say whether a player had a good game or not? I am not saying release or bench the guy but the thread is titled "Mailloux sucked last night". He did...

Were you this harsh to Bolduc last year when he was awful for 20 games, not 1?

I definitely said he wasn’t showing much. But he didn’t have any game I can remember where he didn’t look nhl caliber, even if he had plenty where he looked unremarkable

Then you weren’t very observant.
Bolduc looked LOST a whole lot the first month of the season, not, the first game of the season, but the whole first month.
He had his raw skills and, for the casual observer, he might have even seemed like “ he wasn’t showing much”…
He was LOST in the transition game.
Lost.
So bad that he got benched… a lot.

The benching seemed to work and on more than one occasion, later in the season I remarked that Bolduc was the poster child for struggling rookies using their time in the press box well.

When a rookie forward is lost, it only fouls up your chances for a decent Rush, and results in a stupid turnover, usually.

When a rookie D man makes a mistake, to quote Mr. Plante,” They turn on a red light and 15,000 people stand up and yell at you”.

Bolduc didn't do anything in the AHL nor his first 50 NHL games, very little but the Blues developed him just like Kyrou, Thomas, Neighbours, Parayko, etc so I would give LM the same runway to work on his game with Monty, Weber and co.

I 100% think we should give him runway. That’s what he needs

For sure, although I'll forever hate that word after the Cardinals disaster of a season. I just still don't understand why they traded a young, 22-year old stud with an all-world shot who's ceiling is still unknown for a talented D-man who hasn't been able to stay on the ice for the last couple seasons.

If Bolduc turns into the next Draisitil this is going to be very, very obnoxious.