Agreed. Like I said, hard to put stock into this “tournament”, but I thought them playing together on a line at times made it quite clear who the better player is at this point.
Loved the pick and where we got him, still do, but also still selling on the idea of him being a “blue-chipper” right now.
Ya I respect Jesse’s opinion and he’s watched him way more than me I assume.
However, once I see skating deficiencies that concern me, I more or less write a guy off.
We’ll see how Legare looks in preseason action, but can’t say I’m too stoked. It was only less than two games I saw so, that is an important point.
How did you think Poulin's skating was? Is it something that will hinder him?
I was really happy with his skating.
I always look at straight line speed, edge work, agility, leverage and balance, and especially crossovers.
He’s not a great skater but he is a pretty strong skater it looks like so far. Have to watch him more and see.
I really loved his outside edge push on his crossovers. Lots of guys only generate power off the inside edge and it really hurts their skating, like Legare.
Poulin gets good bend and seems really comfortable on that outside edge and explodes off the toe like you want to see.
We’ll see how they both look in preseason, but Poulin looks to be a much better skater.
