So I was chatting a little bit with some friends over the holidays and was thinking about how the flames can avoid losing a good D prospect to Seattle.
If all our D men are healthy then would moving Kylington to the wing be sufficient to accomplish a couple things.
1. Get him some playing time and stay up with the big club
2. Change his designation so that we can protect him as a forward in the expansion draft and then not have to worry about Valimaki, Hanifin or Andersson.
Obviously a lot can change between now and then but I think this could potentially get us out of what looks to be a bit of a jam.
Unless Kylington can legitimately play the wing, why would you make your team worse by forcing a guy out of position over a hypothetical two years into the future?
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Resolute 14 For This Useful Post:
Unless Kylington can legitimately play the wing, why would you make your team worse by forcing a guy out of position over a hypothetical two years into the future?
While also harming his development as a dman
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to Jiri Hrdina For This Useful Post:
Most decent d-men have the tools to play wing. There's a reason none usually make that transition. They are more valuable as d-men, and the transition would set back their effectiveness.
Lol. Do you really think we can predict the roster and who exactly we’ll need to protect two years out? Do you really think they’ll reboot a promising players development to cheat the system that far out? Are you expecting no trades or acquisitions happening in the next two years? I’m sure Trevilling is giving a lot more thought to how to tweak this roster to win in the next two years than building some hypothetical roster to ignore a young player being taken.
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to Kasi For This Useful Post:
OP is thinking outside the box and that's not always horrible. Brent Burns has played both as has Fat Buff.
I've often times thought that Dougie would have made a great winger due to his defensive lapses and offensive instinct.
Kylington holds his own defensively, so there's no need to move him anywhere. Plus, getting a guy to learn a whole new position this late in his career is usually a fruitless endeavor.
The Following 7 Users Say Thank You to CroFlames For This Useful Post:
So I was chatting a little bit with some friends over the holidays and was thinking about how the flames can avoid losing a good D prospect to Seattle.
If all our D men are healthy then would moving Kylington to the wing be sufficient to accomplish a couple things...
Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
OP is thinking outside the box and that's not always horrible. Brent Burns has played both as has Fat Buff...
So, why did neither SJ nor Winnipeg think to protect either of these players as forwards?
I am guessing that this is just not a functional loophole.
__________________
Dealing with Everything from Dead Sea Scrolls to Red C Trolls
Quote:
Originally Posted by woob
"...harem warfare? like all your wives dressup and go paintballing?"
Kylington is very nearly identical statistically to Valimaki.
Wanna move Valimaki to the wing? No. No you don't.
Kylington is a stud. We're going to lose a defenseman to Seattle. We just are. The least studly one. I trust Brad to make the right call as to who that is.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Geeoff
We can only lose one player. Everyone else is losing a player too. No need to panic. Lots of teams panicked unnecessarily last time out.
Exactly. Minnesota lost Erik Haula AND Alex Tuch because they were afraid Vegas would take Eric Staal. Lawl.
Kylington is very nearly identical statistically to Valimaki.
Wanna move Valimaki to the wing? No. No you don't.
Kylington is a stud. We're going to lose a defenseman to Seattle. We just are. The least studly one. I trust Brad to make the right call as to who that is.
Exactly. Minnesota lost Erik Haula AND Alex Tuch because they were afraid Vegas would take Eric Staal. Lawl.
Actually Min didn't want to lose Dumba.
The Following User Says Thank You to The Boy Wonder For This Useful Post:
Moving Kylington to Wing?
