Player Discussion Matthew Poitras II

[PlayMakers]

Here is the issue, what do you do in the playoff? Poitras may be able to be an effective 3C in the regular season, but can he help your team win the Conference Finals against the Panthers as a center, or does the team want to roll Frederic in that slot? Does it make sense to go with a regular season lineup that you will just have to change in the playoffs?

If I am GM/Coach, if Poitras improves on last season, I still put him at C even for the playoffs. But reasonable minds can differ on that point, and if the B's do not intend to play him at C in the playoffs then they may has well training him up on the wing because they probably need his skill in the lineup.

The season is loooong. How often do you finish with the lines that started the started the season?

If Poitras looks good/comfortable at center in the NHL I'd let him play there for the first 60 games. You can reconfigure your lineup for the playoffs after the deadline, which most teams have to do anyway.

 

[Dr Hook]

The season is loooong. How often do you finish with the lines that started the started the season?

If Poitras looks good/comfortable at center in the NHL I'd let him play there for the first 60 games. You can reconfigure your lineup for the playoffs after the deadline, which most teams have to do anyway.

Not to drag this too far off topic, but how often do deadline adds make the ultimate difference? I've always felt they tend to do more harm than good by messing with line and room chemistries that were working well enough to get a team to the POs already. That aside, I hope they give Potsy a run at 3C but equally I am fine if they slot him at 2RW to start with and see how it goes. I just want him on the roster and doing well as he is a needed player for the future.

 

[Kegs]

Not to drag this too far off topic, but how often do deadline adds make the ultimate difference? I've always felt they tend to do more harm than good by messing with line and room chemistries that were working well enough to get a team to the POs already. That aside, I hope they give Potsy a run at 3C but equally I am fine if they slot him at 2RW to start with and see how it goes. I just want him on the roster and doing well as he is a needed player for the future.

 

[GordonHowe]

Boston Bruins prospect has clear message for coaching staff and front office

Boston Bruins center Matthew Poitras had one goal in training camp ahead of the 2024-25 season, to make the opening night roster.

causewaycrowd.com

 

[PB37]

Horton was an offseason add.

 

[HustleB]

I’m getting savard vibes.

I see a lot of Marchand in him. I think a long term projection on the wing seems really intriguing. Not sure what it would take to develop Marchands shot and release.

 

[JCRO]

Leave. Him. In. The. Middle. Monty.

Do not play this kid on the wing. Stay the course and continue to develop him as a center. This team needs him to be a center now and definitely in the future.

 

[zaYG]

Leave. Him. In. The. Middle. Monty.

Do not play this kid on the wing. Stay the course and continue to develop him as a center. This team needs him to be a center now and in definitely in the future.

Can't agree more. We need to have him ready to jump in at 2C - I hope he repeats his performance of last year but it seems foolish to assume Coyle will undoubtedly stay at that level.

 

[sarge88]

Meant to post this in one of the GDT's recently but forgot.

He make some very subtle, clever passes. I'm not going to go crazy and suggest he's the next Krejci just yet, but how he seems to understand/think the game without flash and excessive skating speed really reminds me of him.