OHL reinstates Logan Mailloux moments after World Juniors is cancelled

This OHL has announced that suspended London Knights defenseman Logan Mailloux will be reinstated on January 1st, 2022.

Mailloux, of course, was suspended from the OHL and requested that he NOT be selected in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft (which Montreal Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin ignored) after having been charged in Sweden with defamation. Mailloux was ordered to pay a $1,650 fine after recording and sharing a video of an 18 year old performing oral sex on him without the women's consent. In other words: He got busted for being a sleaze ball.

Once news of Maillioux's charge became public the backlash against him and the Knights has been swift. Mailloux himself apologized for his actions and paid his fine. Again, he requested that he NOT be drafted at the 2021 Draft so that he could have a chance to redeem himself this season. Then Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin drafted Mailloux anyways and faced even more backlash than Mailloux himself. The OHL suspended Mailloux indefinitely and only announced his reinstatement today in the wake of the news that the World Junior Championships had been cancelled.

To me, and maybe I'm too cynical here, but the timing of the OHL's announcement is on purpose to bury this story in the news cycle. Stay classy OHL...