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Originally Posted by timbit
Maybe I missed something. Who is concerned with his skating?
It is elite.
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Poirier has described his own skating style as "not pretty", and his skating stride has been described as awkward and choppy by some scouting websites (one being Last Word's scouting report). I've also heard someone say that while he has great straight line speed, he could work on his turns when he has to go from one end of the ice to another.
It seems to work for him though. He is a powerful skater, and he has scored goals driving wide to the net with speed like Nichushkin.