It's rare but not unheard of to convert defensemen into forwards (former Flames players Housley, Allison, Montador and Belak were all played at both positions at times from what I recall). At 18, it probably wouldn't be an impossible task. I am having trouble of thinking of ones that permanently changed, but I am sure that it must have happened before.
Having said that, the problem with Kylington doesn't sound like he is bad at defense from a philosophical stand point as much as it is that he lacks overall judgment which leads to him trying to do too much, not using his teammates and making bad decisions. That is a problem that would probably follow him to whichever position he played.
He simply needs how to learn to play the team game.
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Last edited by FlamesAddiction; 07-30-2015 at 01:10 PM.
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