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Player Discussion Matthew Poitras

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Bodit9 said:
Kid looks like a Savard/Krejci hybrid style-wise to me. Similar to Bergy only in that they made the team at a young age. Bergy was a puck hound, good at everything player. Poitras is more a pure playmaker. Hopefully he can develop his goal-scoring as well.
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The Savard/Krejci hybrid is the best description of what we've seen so far.
 
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He’s going to be very good. He looks really smart, even with game 1 jitters he had a lot of poise and played with a lot of creativity. Think the Savvy/Krejci comparison is a good one so far. He’s looked good since training camp opened, looking forward to seeing how he does with a few games under his belt. A center falling from the heavens is exactly what we need at the moment.
 
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loosemoose said:
I see a lot of Marchand in his game. Good vision and agility, loves to do those cutback moves.
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one thing about the cutback move is that Marchand can get away with it b/c he's so quick and always seems to know when a hit is coming so he's great at ducking big checks. Poitras is gonna have to have the same kind of spidey sense and elusiveness if he wants to stay healthy doing that move all the time.
 
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From Fluto's piece in The Athletic:
"The Bruins, down 1-0 in the first period, tied the score with a goal straight out of Montgomery’s playbook. It featured three elements Montgomery asked for during training camp: skilled plays, offensive contributions from the defensemen and two on the inside.

Matthew Poitras started the sequence with what has become his go-to play: curling up on the left side with the puck in the offensive zone to buy himself time and space. As Poitras circled back and proceeded through his checklist, the 19-year-old spotted Brandon Carlo at the right point. Carlo was a better option for Poitras than proceeding with the puck himself.

“I didn’t feel I had anything,” Poitras said. “So I turned up, and Carlo did a good job shifting. I just feathered it through there.”

Once Carlo received the pass, he had his head up at the net. Trent Frederic was already there. Morgan Geekie was approaching the paint. With friendly bodies in front, Carlo snapped a riser instead of a low shot. Mid-air tips are more difficult for goalies to handle than on-ice deflections. Frederic proved that point by getting a piece of Carlo’s shot and skimming it past Arvid Soderblom. The Chicago goalie didn’t have a chance.

“The first goal we scored was all his savvy and poise with the puck,” Montgomery said of Poitras and his first career NHL point."

This is a perfect example of describing what I see in his advance decision making.
 
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Have to think at some point over the next 8 games Monty is going to start Poitras in the top 6 just to see what happens. From what we've seen thus far I think he can handle it. His game seems better suited for that role while Coyle seems better suited as a top-notch 3C. If he can't handle it, no biggie, move him back to 3C. Kid seems mature enough to be able to take whatever comes his way.
 
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Tomorrow’s Globe:


Provided Poitras becomes a regular in the Bruins lineup, he won’t be the lone Poitras in the greater Hub of Hockey region next season. Younger sister Abigayle, a left shot on defense for the Durham West Junior Lightning, is slated to enter Merrimack College as a freshman. Older brother Adam, by the way, plays lacrosse as a grad student at Loyola (Md.) University and hopes to become a doctor. The Poitras family home is Whitby, Ontario, where ex-Bruins GM Harry Sinden played three years of junior hockey with the Dunlops in the late ’50s
 
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Thirty seven is not considered a strong number. But sometime in the not too distant future it will be hanging from the Garden rafters.
 
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UConn126 said:
I was just thinking back to Looch wearing 62 and now wondering if Poitras sticks with 51 or adjusts when he's more established. I know the numbers are ultimately meaningless, but I can't help but think 51 is weak.
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If they aren’t retiring 10 for Bill Cowley which they should give it to Poitras

Cowley
Ratelle
Pederson
Poitras
 
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UConn126 said:
I was just thinking back to Looch wearing 62 and now wondering if Poitras sticks with 51 or adjusts when he's more established. I know the numbers are ultimately meaningless, but I can't help but think 51 is weak.
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He wore 14 and 19 in junior. 14 is available, but also kind of meh. He could also do 91.

I'm partial to 23 myself. Reminds me of Craig Janney, silky playmaker, or Bob Gainey another super smart player.
 
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If the kid is the real deal, the Bruins are probably set for the next 10 years.

Elite winger, defenceman, young goalie, and a young top-6 center in the making means the Bruins have all the major pieces.

Don't f it up, that's all
 
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