The Blues are getting a familiar name back on the blue line.
St. Louis announced Friday that defenseman Logan Mailloux has been recalled from his conditioning assignment with the Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League, putting him on track to make his season debut Saturday afternoon on the road against the Nashville Predators.
Mailloux, 23, has been out since suffering a hand injury in the Blues’ final preseason game on September 26, when he was hurt during a fight with Chicago Blackhawks forward Cole Smith. He was placed on injured reserve after that setback.
Last season, the Belle River, Ontario native gave St. Louis a solid offensive push from the back end, finishing with five goals and eight assists for 13 points in 67 games while logging just under 17 minutes per night.
Mailloux’s path to the NHL has been anything but ordinary. He was taken 31st overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft amid controversy.
During the 2020-21 Ontario Hockey League season, which was halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he was loaned to Swedish club SK Lejon. While in Sweden, he was fined for secretly taking pictures of a woman engaged in a sexual act and sharing them among his teammates.
He was later suspended for most of the 2021-22 OHL season because of that act.
After his junior career with the London Knights, Mailloux appeared in just eight NHL games across two seasons in the Canadiens’ organization, recording two goals and three assists for five points. He also piled up 26 goals and 54 assists for 80 points in 135 games with the AHL’s Laval Rocket.
The 6-foot-3, right-shot defenseman was acquired by St. Louis before last season in a deal that sent forward Zachary Bolduc the other way.
The Blues enter Saturday sitting sixth in the Central Division with 16 points through 16 games.
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