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Old 01-14-2015, 01:58 PM   #126
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Originally Posted by saillias View Post
This is kind of out of left field, but I think we should try converting Colborne to D. With his mobility and hands, I think he could immediately be a second pairing guy. He's bigger than any defenseman we have, either on the team or in the system besides Kanzig.

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That's really hard to do isn't it? Are there any successful NHL examples of that? Byfuglien is the only guy I think of, but I'm pretty sure he went D -> RW -> D didn't he?

It's great in theory but there's way too much positional play that would be required isn't there?
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