Poirier is exactly the type of prospect that the Flames covet. Fast, skilled, gritty.
Now that he reached out and asked for help, add 'character' to that list.
I loved the Poirier pick, and thought after his first pro season that he was going to be an NHL'er sooner rather than later, and be a top 6 player at that. Hopefully he goes back to that trajectory.
Flames have a lot of pretty fast, semi-skilled to skilled gritty forwards now. Ferland, Lazar, Bennett and Poirier. These are all types that opposing teams find difficult to play against and can create havoc when they are skating. Really nice compliment for Gaudreau, Monahan and Jankowski. They also have the huge pain the butt Tkachuk. Makes the team more dynamic in my opinion, and definitely very difficult to play against and match up against.
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