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Originally Posted by dammage79
I respect the fact Poirier is fully aware he is a disaster in his own end. I respect the fact that he says he is going to commit to becoming better defensively.
The offense this guys has is almost rarified air. But its absolutely useless if he can't defend.
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I believe most guys on this level can be taught to defend adequately if they just have the attitude, the physical side and decent enough hockey sense. None of these seem to be the problem, in fact his attitude seems to be as good as you could possibly hope for.
The risk I see is more that some guys, especially defensemen, just can't find a way to combine playing offense and defense. If they defend properly their offense goes away, if they go on the offense their defense goes down the drain.
We'll see how it goes with Poirier, but I agree with what seems to be the general attitude, I love a pick like this at this point in the draft.