Kammala wannan jumla: 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. Masu shirya Pittsburgh Penguins sun zabi Pouliot tare da
zaɓaɓɓen zaɓi na takwas, wanda suka samu daga Carolina Hurricanes a cikin kasuwancin Jordan Staal lokacin da Pittsburgh ke da zaɓin zagayen 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.