Has anybody been watching him on a game to game basis? I heard great things before the WJC, wasn’t incredibly impressed with him when I did get to watch him their and haven’t seen him play next. Is he still developing nicely?
yes, have seen most of his games with SCSU this year. He's developing very well so far, things are about to ramp up since they have a battle for the regular season NCHC title this weekend vs Denver, if SCSU wins 1 game they get the title. Then they face a tough North Dakota team and then the playoffs start so we'll see how it continues to go for him. Just really like the way he plays, smart, hard working, good at setting up plays but also at handling the puck as he's got the physical tools that you want to see, strength, skating, speed. As he continues to mature physically over the next few years, going to be very interesting to see where his game ends up.
You know another safe pick habs took with a first round pick? Kyle chipchura. I have a feeling there's a chance that poehling can turn into another chips...granted chipchura had an awful Achilles injury which sapped his skating ability. But still. This franchise rarely takes chances on skills. And when they do they're either traded or developed poorly.
I could see a better skating, quicker Chipchura on the lower end of his downside. Meaning if his offensive game doesn't translate, things just don't go as expected maybe the downside is he ends up nothing more then a 4th defensive center as to me he's got the tools that all but make him a lock to be an NHLer just a question of where does his game fall. He made a huge leap forward in his progression, so now we need to see if that continues, or if not how much can he still progress, if not if his game stays as is now, I still think he will be at worst a 4th liner down the road. So that then means what happens if he keeps progressing, how good can he become, but no one knows that.
