Montreal choose player who was convicted of crime last yearLogan Mailloux asked teams not to select him in NHL draftBuffalo Sabres select Michigan’s power with first overall pickThe 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.