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Originally Posted by YyjFlames
Poirier is a nice pick. He finished 11th in defender scoring in the AHL last year, and of the 10 in front of him only Luca Cagnoni and Tristan Luneau are younger. There were other guys that scored at a better PPG pace, but Poirier's season was pretty decent for a 22 year old.
Definitely more there than him being Calgary's 20th ranked prospect would suggest.
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Poirier also started off really slow as well. He really improved as the season went on. I would bet that Poirier makes the team this year as he would be a natural compliment to Pachal as well - a puck-mover + a physical defensive defencemen. I suspect he will probably be part of the rotation at least including Solovyov and Kuznetsov.