A lot was made in his draft year that Montreal Canadiens first-round pick was the youngest player in the NCAA during the season. And a lot of that was to put less worry into his offensive numbers.
But there was another side to it. Poehling was only 17 years old, moving away from home for the first time and adjusting to being in a place where the people are as much as five years older than you and you have to adjust to a whole other level of education.
“Being 17 and the first time moving away from home was the biggest thing,” Poehling said.