Poirier was a late birth year and that was his last junior season but it didn't have to be. Meanwhile Ferland maxed out his junior eligibility, playing not only as a 19 year old but also as a 20 year old. Yeah it was both their final year of junior (but not really Ferland returned to a so-so overage season) but you're twisting things and taking out all context (their ages). The ages they did these things at matter a whole heck of a bunch.
I'm not trying to slight Ferland in anyway but he is not close to being on the same level of scorer that Poirier is. I guess Ferland has a history of being a scorer but it's not much of one, it's really one season, at 19, when Poirier was in the AHL.
Ferland looks like he's going to be an awesome player and if Poirier busts out he could be a better NHL player but let's not twist facts or history to pump the tires of the guy we want to vote for.
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