Leaving Mailloux out of it I think it's good the incident happened in Sweden. There was no attempt to cover up, no threats of long prison terms, they punished him and he seems to get it. The victim has, understandably, not forgiven him, and is very pissed, but at least she got some, meager, compensation and complete vindication. It's a demonstration of how to deal with things that our schools could learn from.
US and Canadian universities cover up sexual assault too frequently (that is to say, at all), at least according to recent articles. They mostly just try to quiet things down and avoid punishing anyone, or changing future behavior. There are complaints here in Montreal that rape kits aren't available, aren't offered following assaults, and aren't followed up on. I doubt that happens in Sweden.
We'll see how it ends up. As a late first to early second pick Mailloux should have about a 30% chance to have a career at all, and much less to have a significant impact. One of the knocks on him is his brain and maybe his lack of consideration for others has given him a chance to work on that. I'm not sure it will teach him to play good defense, but we'll see; the stereotype is that offense is innate and defense is learned, maybe he can learn. He has a lot of tools, though, with luck he was just blocked by depth in London and will show more in the next few weeks.
. Stick with living in the gym and on the ice with his development focus and stay off your phone too. This can be a life changing situation for him if he chooses to slide into the Hockey development obsession while he is learning how to be a better adult. One little gain at a time and stay off the radar when it comes to non hockey related stuff.
