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Originally Posted by CroFlames
It's too late now to learn a new position, but it is surprising his junior coaches didn't try to convert him. He would be an amazing winger with those wheels.
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I don't necessarily agree. There is a different type of skating and stickhandling as a defenseman as opposed to as a forward. Defense is more of a smooth glide, with bursts as needed, while forwards are more consistent hard and fast, with less gliding. (Gliding not to be confused with coasting.)
Yes, there are exceptions, but this is my opinion, and why he really is a d-man to me.