Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Duk da sakamakon, Pouliot ya samar da maki 17 a wasanni 22 a lokacin wasan. Matsayi na karshe na Scouting na tsakiya ya sanya shi a matsayin mai wasan kwaikwayo na 12 na Arewacin Amirka. Mai masaukin baki Pittsburgh Penguins ya zabi Pouliot tare da na takwas a cikin duka
zabin, wanda suka samu daga Carolina Hurricanes a cikin musayar Jordan Staal lokacin da Pittsburgh ke da zaɓin zagaye na farko a 22nd gaba ɗaya (Olli Määttä). Kasa da mako guda bayan haka, an gayyaci Pouliot zuwa Sansanin Ci Gaban Kasa na Kanada, matakin farko na shiga cikin jerin WJC na 2013. Bayan 'yan watanni, Pouliot ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shiga shekaru uku tare da Pittsburgh' yan kwanaki kaɗan kafin a fara kulle-kulle na 2012 / 13 NHL.