C Matthew Poitras - Boston Bruins, NHL (2022, 54th, BOS)

[Parliament]

Rumor has it that Poitras is having a good camp and likely to see at least 9 regular season games to start the season. Impressive if true!

 

[The don godfather]

Kids looking solid.

 

[rocketdan9]

https://x.com/NHLBruins/status/1709377172253614136?s=20

Talk about timely goal. To tie game with 4 mins left in the game and try to seal the deal (make the cut).

 

[Terrier]

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[Bridges31]

No way he doesn’t make the team. Another goal tonight. What’s really impressive to me is his play without the puck.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

He will be considered better than Slafkovsky and Wright before the end of the year. Not a superstar but a bright spot in a garbage draft year.

 

[Nabrules]

I feel like Boston did this exact same thing a couple years back with Jack Studnica. Hyped him up for a good camp and preseason but in large part become the rest of their pool is awful and they need centre depth

 

[42]

He will be considered better than Slafkovsky and Wright before the end of the year. Not a superstar but a bright spot in a garbage draft year.

You're basing claim this on a strong pre-season?

 

[LeProspector]

Impressive first career point

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

The next massively overhyped average bruins prospect

 

[L3af]

The next massively overhyped average bruins prospect

Disagree.

Kid has NHL smarts, see's the play well ahead of others.

 

[LeProspector]

Disagree.

Kid has NHL smarts, see's the play well ahead of others.

He‘ll be a middle 6 forward, but will be hyped like a superstar.

 

[The don godfather]

He‘ll be a middle 6 forward, but will be hyped like a superstar.

1 game 1 point not too shabby.

 

[bearcountry17]

The next massively overhyped average bruins prospect

The last Bruin prospect that had any major hype was Mcavoy and it turned out he wasn’t getting as much hype as he deserved.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

The last Bruin prospect that had any major hype was Mcavoy and it turned out he wasn’t getting as much hype as he deserved.

I live in Boston and work with a bunch of bruins fans all of whom hyped up guys like Studnicka, that finnish D whose name I can't remember, Donato, etc. and now this kid. Poitras looked good in the bit I saw of him during Canes INT but even the broadcast was overly focused on him for some reason. He's a random rookie 4th liner and they were talking about him like he was Bedard

 

[bearcountry17]

I live in Boston and work with a bunch of bruins fans all of whom hyped up guys like Studnicka, that finnish D whose name I can't remember, Donato, etc. and now this kid. Poitras looked good in the bit I saw of him during Canes INT but even the broadcast was overly focused on him for some reason. He's a random rookie 4th liner and they were talking about him like he was Bedard

I’m wondering how one can be “massively overhyped” and random at the same time?

You’re just a hater and a couple of your coworkers at McDonalds don’t represent an entire fan base. Studnicka was a good prospect who didn’t pan out. He was maybe thrown in the tail end of some some top 50 prospects lists but nobody was proclaiming him as a sure fire to 6 or anything. A good junior career, representing team Canada, and a very strong rookie year in the AHL will do that to a player. Donato had very little hype. Vaakanainen had very little hype, so little you don’t even remember his name.

Also, Poitras was on the 3rd line tonight. He’ll be top 6 soon.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

I love when fans of rival teams show up to threads to attempt to trash talk a very impressive young player lol... Just stinks of jealousy

Anyways Poitras has done nothing but impress everyone this season so far. He looks awesome out there and I hope he keeps this rolling past the 9 game mark and sticks all season.

 

[BB88]

I live in Boston and work with a bunch of bruins fans all of whom hyped up guys like Studnicka, that finnish D whose name I can't remember, Donato, etc. and now this kid. Poitras looked good in the bit I saw of him during Canes INT but even the broadcast was overly focused on him for some reason. He's a random rookie 4th liner and they were talking about him like he was Bedard

I don’t think overhyping is the problem as much as holding on to too long before admitting they just aren’t it.

Every fan base hypes their own prospects, it’s nothing new.
But with Boston prospects for many it takes about 10 years before you are allowed to make a judgement

 

[bigdog16]

I like this kid, gotta think he stays longer than 9 games at this point, right?

 

[Castle8130]

I like this kid, gotta think he stays longer than 9 games at this point, right?

He might've been their best center last night. He should 100% be on the team for the full season. Looks really good and can be a huge difference maker for the B's

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

I don’t think overhyping is the problem as much as holding on to too long before admitting they just aren’t it.

Every fan base hypes their own prospects, it’s nothing new.
But with Boston prospects for many it takes about 10 years before you are allowed to make a judgement

that's fair and may be the case on some of those guys. I swear though the amount of times I heard about Studnicka becoming their next tyler seguin or some nonsense was just nauseating

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

I was impressed by what I saw. If he and Zacha turn into effective NHL centers this year that would be huge for the Bruins and their playoff chances.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

I live in Boston and work with a bunch of bruins fans all of whom hyped up guys like Studnicka, that finnish D whose name I can't remember, Donato, etc. and now this kid. Poitras looked good in the bit I saw of him during Canes INT but even the broadcast was overly focused on him for some reason. He's a random rookie 4th liner and they were talking about him like he was Bedard

You don’t think perhaps you have a bit of a bias being surrounded by Bruins fans while you are not one yourself?

Obviously prospects being talked up from an opposing, maybe even rival, fanbase annoys you. Most Bruins fans I know are more than realistic that their drafting hasn’t been stellar overall, but yeah…obviously they’re going to get hyped about a solid prospect who’s already performed at the NHL level. Especially with the absence of established center depth due to Bergeron and Krejci reitement. What could you realistically expect?

 

[loosemoose]

that's fair and may be the case on some of those guys. I swear though the amount of times I heard about Studnicka becoming their next tyler seguin or some nonsense was just nauseating

I think there's a pretty significant difference between the two. Studnicka got a full AHL season two years after being drafted and then proceeded to put dozens of disappointing NHL performances. Poitras turned 19 in March and in one game has looked significantly more NHL ready than Studnicka ever did.

 

[BB88]

that's fair and may be the case on some of those guys. I swear though the amount of times I heard about Studnicka becoming their next tyler seguin or some nonsense was just nauseating

I would bet on average Bruins prosects threads here are the smallest.