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I did a double-take when I saw Ryan Poehling walking through the Formula One paddocks this month at the Canadian Grand Prix.

“Man, he’s friggin’ huge!” I thought to myself.

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So, it wasn’t a shock when Poehling looked like a man against boys for the second straight day during a scrimmage Thursday at the Canadiens’ development camp in Brossard.

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Poehling didn’t score Thursday, but had several chances and made a nice play to set up a goal. He also showed good chemistry with Cole Caufield, the Canadiens’ first-round pick at last weekend’s NHL Draft who scored a beauty for the second straight day in a shootout at the end of the scrimmage.

“It’s fun,” Poehling said about playing with Caufield. “If you can give him a puck in the scoring area you know it’s probably going to go into the net. So I think we kind of mesh well together. I’m more of a pass-first guy and he’s a guy that’s going to put it in.”

When the Canadiens selected Poehling in the first round (25th overall) at the 2017 NHL Draft, he was 6-foot-2 and around 170 pounds. The 20-year-old centre is now almost 6-foot-3 and 210 pounds.