Jay27

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Forum: Armchair-GMJul 10 at 7:48
Thread: Realistic Roster On Opening Day
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Billy739</b></div><div>Something we havent considered , what if Poehling leap frogs Kotkanemi?

he's put in the most work of any athlete in MTL that i can think of in the past 30 years.

he's told he's not strong enough,puts on 15lbs of muscle his first year , 25lbs his 2nd and grew an inch .
he's told he's not offensive enough , goes out and leads all his peers in scoring at WJC
he's told he's not fast enough , he works on his foot speed and Stamina this summer opting not to take time off .

he finds a weakness and attacks it . At 20 he's already made more progress then Galchenyuk his entire tenure here in that regard .

Kotkanemi's a stud but he came in much the same way opting not to take the summer off ,training and earning a opening roster spot . this summer Kotkanemi chose not to train taking time off and that could be just the edge Poehling needs to sneak into 2nd Center . (plus this also allows Kotkanemi to stay with his fellow Finn's )</div></div>

Poehling has done nothing but impress since being drafted. I wouldn't be surprised if he makes the team as a bottom 6 guy opening night and earns his way to the top 6 role by the end of the season.

But let's not get a head of ourselves, Julien will make him earn it through regular season play, not only after one game of NHL exp.