If you want to start moving our young defencemen up to forward, how is this ever going to solve our lack of offensive dmen?
At no point did I suggest it was a permanent solution.
Right now none of your young forwards are capable of contributing either because of poor drafting development issues or lack of vision .
It's a an experiment that could work short term and possibly create some RH scoring options create some different looks for #97 .
Neither Bouchard or Bear are ready for full-time duties on the Back end.
This gets either of them a chance to play important offensive minutes with less responsibility.
There's less risk if they only need to go north south and not defend NHL forwards one on one or be on thier back edges right out of the gate.
This gives them time to adjust to the speed of the NHL forwards.
without it being as risky as them getting thier confidence shattered on the back end by forcing that on them too early in thier development as defenseman.
The effect on game scores from defensive lapse on the wing is far less likely then from the back end .
If you cant see the possibility of that being beneficial I'm not the guy to explain it to you.
What's negatives come with creating options by cross training your personnel ?
"This is dumb" sounds like something a toddler would say when they have no ability to respond.
Fair?