Francis seems like a really high-upside player, but supposedly has a fairly solid all-round game. This seems like a really good pick without knowing too much about him.
That's a nice move by him for sure!
And yes, Poirier looked bad there, but as Textcritic pointed out, everyone looks bad on certain plays. Heck, I am sure that someone out there can make a video of Lidstrom's gaffes for like 10 minutes, and people who didn't follow his career would think he was the most overrated defencemen in the history of the game (and I think Lidstrom has probably been a top 5 defencemen of all time.. probably anyway).
Heck, just look at Ray Bourque's gap control and hockey sense on Mario Lemieux's first NHL goal! Or that time he completely fooled Bourque and put the puck in his skates.
Poirier really needs to work on his defensive acumen, but sometimes you simply get beat on high-skilled plays.
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