Article 5MHNT Montreal Canadiens choose player with 31st pick who asked not to be drafted

Montreal Canadiens choose player with 31st pick who asked not to be drafted

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  • Montreal choose player who was convicted of crime last year
  • Logan Mailloux asked teams not to select him in NHL draft
  • Buffalo Sabres select Michigan's power with first overall pick

The Montreal Canadiens stunned the rest of the NHL on Friday night by taking Logan Mailloux with the second-to-last pick in the first round of the draft.

Mailloux, who was criminally convicted in Sweden last year for sharing an explicit photo of a woman performing a sex act without her consent, asked teams not to select him. A player cannot remove himself from the draft.

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