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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
I found it odd to say a guy who scored 30 goals could be descirbed as having "minimal" offensive upside. Dont get it.
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I can sort of see it. Take that goal I mentioned upthread, the one at 0:42 on the highlight reel. Poirier stopped moving his legs 40 feet out and the D still couldn't catch him in time — which tells you a lot about his speed. But the NHL is a faster game all round. He wouldn't have the luxury of coasting 40 feet in the bigs while he works on faking out the goalie.
I said earlier that the video of Poirier reminds me of Paul Ranheim, and it sounds like a couple of people agree. Ranheim had that one year where he scored 68 goals in the minors, but he couldn't translate that into scoring at the NHL level. Maybe Poirier makes that transition, maybe not.
However, if his downside is a 3rd-line winger who is a whizbang penalty killer, I don't believe I'll die of hurt feelings.