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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Even more detective work shows that Poirier was 18 in his third year while Ferland was 19 in his.
At 19 Poirier made the jump to the AHL and had 19 goals and 42 points (after missing training camp and having shoulder surgery).
At 19 Ferland was putting up impressive number in the WHL
At 20 Poirier will be pushing for a spot on the Flames or going into his 2nd season in the AHL
At 20 Ferland couldn't stick in the AHL or ECHL and got sent back to the WHL as an overaged player.
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Poirier has a late birthday but that was his last year of junior, the same as Ferland's last year of junior where Ferland outscored Poirier. Yeah Ferland screwed up and ended up as an overager in junior but the point is Ferland has a history of being a scorer so you can't say one is a scorer and the other isn't and you can't say that all Ferland has is a small sample size of producing in the playoffs.
I'm not getting into a war of who is the better scorer now or potentially but I am pointing out the Ferland was also a good scorer in junior and also had some pretty good stats in Abbotsford 13/14 before he got injured.