[Caged Great]

I fully expect him to be playing post deadline in Calgary.

He's shooting more from dangerous areas like the "home plate" section in front of the net. Before he would just drive the net and that wouldn't work. Now he's getting into good areas to shoot and it's working.

Development is all about making adjustments to take your raw talents and mould them into what you need to be as a pro. That is what Poirier is doing this year and it is showing some success. Typically most players, except those drafted in the top 10 or the odd later round super prospects like Gaudreau take 3-4 years post draft to figure out how to play at the NHL level.

The only guy on the current roster that was drafted in the same range as Poirier/Klimchuk is Backlund. It took him until he was 23/24 to become a decent NHL player, and had his first full season at 21/22. Poirier just turned 21 in December. So if Poirier has a full season next year, he'll be on a similar developmental path as Backlund.