The whole LW/RW thing is a little overblown by some. Most wingers can play both sides. Dubois as a left shot appears to prefer the right side but plays all 3 forward positions. Nylander plays both wings. I'm sure Gaudreau is smart enough to play RW and he was tried there was Ferland and Shinkaruk on LW. Laine is a right shooter and appears to prefer LW. Puljujarvi is a right shooter and appears to prefer RW. In my time of watching the Flames we've converted centres to wingers (Stillman, Colborne for example), we've converted LWers to RWers (Colborne, Ferland, Hudler, etc).
We'll draft the best prospect regardless of LW/RW, left shooter, right shooter. The coach can worry about which wingers to switch around when that problem presents itself.
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