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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
This was mentioned this a lot when we drafted him, but he played the wing a lot in the OHL. If you check out his highlights, probably at least half of them happen with him coming down the wing.
I am not sure why the notion of him playing the wing in the NHL gets shot down so often. Time will tell what position he will be better suited to in the NHL.
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He pretty much exclusively played centre.
You're confusing coming down the wing on a highlight reel to playing wing. Sam's pretty good at cutting once he's in the neutral zone, he'll do a quick little move and shimmy to the left or right side, that doesn't mean he's now a winger though.
The notion gets shot down because he's an effective two-way centremen. Sure he might end up at wing but I don't see that happening. He might start at wing, similar to how Seguin, Lindholm and countless others have but he easily projects to play down the middle in the NHL. His two-way ability would be wasted at wing.