Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei whārangi - Ahakoa te mutunga, i whakaputa a Pouliot i ngā tohu 17 i roto i ngā kēmu 22 i te wā o ngā whiringa toa. Ko nga whakatauranga whakamutunga a Central Scouting i whakanohoia ia hei 12th-rangatira o Amerika ki te Raki. I tīpakohia a Pouliot e te kapa Pittsburgh Penguins hei whitu o ngā whiringa katoa
ko te whiringa, i riro mai i a raatau mai i nga Hurricanes o Carolina i roto i te whakawhitiwhitinga a Jordan Staal i te wa i kowhiria ai a Pittsburgh i te rauna tuatahi i te 22 o te katoa (Olli Määttä). I raro iho i te wiki i muri mai, i karangatia a Pouliot ki te National Development Camp o Kanata, te paepae tuatahi ki te whakauru atu ki te raarangi WJC 2013. I etahi marama i muri mai, ka hainatia e Pouliot he kirimana taumata whakauru mo te toru tau me Pittsburgh i etahi ra i mua noa o te 2012 <unk> 13 NHL ka tiimata.