Today after his first appearance at World Juniors in pre-tournament action the head coach for Team Canada Alan Letang was not happy with the performance of NHL addition Matthew Poitras.
Poitras played shortly after getting to Sweden for the tournament. He was not part of the selection camp which means he had not played with any of the players on his team before.
Despite this Canada's coach expects better and Matthew Poitras himself has said he expects better.
After the game, Poitras was asked about his performance and the comments from his head coach.
When he was asked about how he thought he played Poitras agreed with his head coach but knows he will continue to improve. Poitras admits that jet lag was a factor in his performance.
Head coach Letang admitted that the other players took 2-3 days to recover from their jet lag. This likely means that the team can expect a much better Matthew Poitras by the time the tournament begins.
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