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Poirier:

"I'm a new person. A new player,'' Poirier said Tuesday before exiting en route to California.

"It's a fresh start. I'm excited to get going and prove I can be back here.

"I did my best. I played hard. And I'm going to keep going now, one day at a time. It's frustrating today, at least for a couple hours, but tomorrow you've got to come back stronger and be as good a player you possibly can.

"Any place I am I'll try to be better."

For Treliving, that aim has never seemed more possible.

"We're proud of what he's done,'' said the GM. "Because when you're off-ice isn't in order, you're on-ice has no chance.

"He's given his on-ice a chance.

"Now we've got to re-build the game. I think he showed some glimpses in camp. It's been tough for him, he got hurt in the first game, so now you're coming from behind. You've missed three or four days and now you're chasing it.

"So our message to him was: Go down to Stockton, with the plan we've given him, and be really good. That doesn't only mean producing. Be really good in practice, really good working at your game, really good in studying the game.

"But I can say, since I've been here, he's so receptive, for the first time in sending him down I think he's really given himself a chance to get back."

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