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Johnnydollaz89
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Once considered wiry and lazy by critics, Pouliot has learned to use his 6-foot-3 frame to cause traffic in front of net and win battles for the puck.
“He’s been playing awesome for us,” Brassard said earlier this season. “He’s a big body, he skates well, he goes to the front of the net, he wins a lot of pucks and he’s been doing a really good job at it.”
In the summer, Glen Sather wisely took a low-risk, one-year, $1.3 million roll of the dice on Pouliot. It’s a decision that has paid off big-time for the Blueshirts.
It’s of importance for Sather to re-sign Pouliot given his successful contributions. Why break up a good thing?
Sather understandably has plenty important tasks to address in the offseason. One of them is keeping the Pouliot-Brassard-Zuccarello line intact for seasons to come.
The each of the trio’s contracts are expiring at the end of the season and are each due a raise. Pouliot is an upcoming unrestricted free agent, while Zuccarello and Brassard are both restricted free agents.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/04/...rue-no-1-line/
I agree with him. He's been solid with Brassard and Zuccarello. Getting PP time and he's producing on it. I definitely think he should be given a two-year extension, i'm not sure i'd go more than that, for now.