The President of Hockey Operations and owner of the Montreal Canadiens, Geoff Molson, has just reacted publicly on the situation involving young Logan Mailloux. While giving an interesting interview with the Montreal Gazette, Molson admitted that he had really underestimated the real impact of this controversial selection in the 2021 draft. <q>I expected there would be a backlash (from the decision to draft Mailloux), but I think I naively underestimated the backlash. I've said publicly that I was very upset and that's something I learned a lot from. - Geoff Molson</q> Where it gets a little more interesting is when he discussed the 19-year-old defenseman's future with the big club, here are his words: <q>He's a good guy who made a big mistake and we'll continue to help him and see how it all turns out. We will continue to work with him. - Geoff Molson</q> Molson was careful to point out that he was taking this matter very seriously and would be following all next steps on it very closely. Moreover, Mailloux seems to have made serious progress in his personal development, as the organization granted him his NHL entry-level contract last September. With this statement from Molson, we are a little more confident that he should get his chance in Montreal, perhaps as early as next year. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/TVASports/status/1641866265282113539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1641866265282113539%7Ctwgr%5Ef6d9d86d9a559084851776f70260e0b8b44f43cd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.habsetlnh.com%2FDeclaration-majeure-de-Geoff-Molson-sur-avenir-de-Logan-Mailloux-avec-le-CH-222980.'> </a></blockquote></div> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/StuCowan1/status/1641883270114693122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1641883270114693122%7Ctwgr%5Ef6d9d86d9a559084851776f70260e0b8b44f43cd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.habsetlnh.com%2FDeclaration-majeure-de-Geoff-Molson-sur-avenir-de-Logan-Mailloux-avec-le-CH-222980'> </a></blockquote></div> Credit: