Would you support moving Gelinas to forward?

[John Iadevaia]

Think of it in the same regards as the Sharks did with Brent Burns. Both him and Gelinas did play forward before converting to defense. Burns adds size and some mobility with his skills. Gelinas brings a cannon of a shot and the skating ability to move the puck in all directions. Plus, his defensive work, while still in need of work, would be acceptable in a forward spot. Same with Burns. Although he has Joe Thornton to ease the adjustment.

Take into consideration the other defensive prospects in the pipeline. It opens up a spot in the top 4 and allows you to keep one of Santini, Severson or Helgeson and allows someone like a Faust or Scarlett to possibly make the team as an extra player. Years from now you might have something like this:

Greene-Larsson
Merrill-Santini
Helgeson-Severson
Extra: Faust or Scarlett

Plus, can you honestly say what the top nine will be in five years? Probably Boucher, Matteau, Zajac, Henrique, and Black, with a maybe for Coleman, Kujawinski, Bell, Pietila, Lokti, Sislo.

I do not think there is a good chance of this happening, but it is a feasible possibility that I would support. It all depends on how the team develops and acquires forwards in the future.

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[Devils Dominion]

No, he's well suited on defense.

 

[aboriginal]

No. Stop Pejorative Sluring out prospects development.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

absolutely ****ing not.

 

[Tundra]

He's more valuable as a defenseman.

 

[njdevil26]

No.

Then Again...

HELL NO

 

[Nick0930]

No. Zidlicky is more suited to be a forward than Gelinas.

 

[Just Win]

****ing horrible idea. We have lacked scoring from the defense since Rafalski left. And now that we finally have a young dman that can score, we gonna **** with his development and move him to forward because he used to be a forward years ago and because he struggles with his defense as a rookie. Are you ****ing kidding me?

 

[Richer's Ghost]

jackie chan jpg

What???

No. Why would you take one of the top defensive prospects and make him into a below average forward prospect?

 

[Mory Schneideur*]

Yes, then we have room to move Marty back to D! Brilliant!

 

[Cheddabombs]

Nope. Not at all, he's an offensive defenseman. Not a forward.

 

[Mory Schneideur*]

Nope. Not at all, he's an offensive defenseman. Not a forward.

Maybe we can turn him into a defensive forward #selke

 

[Cheddabombs]

Maybe we can turn him into a defensive forward #selke

He'd be a prototypical Devils forward then, sign me up!

 

[NC107*]

Who's going to teach him DeBoer?

Play him as a defensemen.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Counter-discussion: Would you be for turning Zajac into a defenseman?

 

[NJDevs26]

Counter-discussion: Would you be for turning Zajac into a defenseman?

At this point he's a Norris-caliber defenseman playing forward anyway, except for the faceoffs.

 

[Mory Schneideur*]

At this point he's a Norris-caliber defenseman playing forward anyway, except for the faceoffs.

Is it legal for Dmen to take face-offs?

Can we have, lets say 3 forwards, Gelly and Zajac, where Zajac takes the face-off and skates back to the near blue line?

 

[njdevils1982]

Is it legal for Dmen to take face-offs?

Can we have, lets say 3 forwards, Gelly and Zajac, where Zajac takes the face-off and skates back to the near blue line?

only the goalies arent allowed to take faceoffs

 

[NJDevs26]

Is it legal for Dmen to take face-offs?

Can we have, lets say 3 forwards, Gelly and Zajac, where Zajac takes the face-off and skates back to the near blue line?

I think Dano took and won one one time almost as a goof, so yeah it's legal

 

[Zelmo]

absolutely ****ing not.

this!

 

[The 29th Pick]

jackie chan jpg

What???

No. Why would you take one of the top defensive prospects and make him into a below average forward prospect?

because most of our forward prospects are, below....below average, so it would be a step up

but seriously, how do we know he would be that bad?
our forward prospects and some of our forwards on the roster arent exactly top notch

I'd play him a game or two and see how he does, like they did with Niedermayer

 

[BahlDeep]

Zajac would be a very good d-man.

Zajac the Offensive Dman

 

[glenwo2]

Would you support this thread moving forward?


NO.



Anyway, like someone else stated, Zidiot would be better suited for a change to forward than Gelly.

 

[MountainGoat]

no, Lou needs to make a trade asap

 

[The 29th Pick]

Would you support this thread moving forward?


NO.



Anyway, like someone else stated, Zidiot would be better suited for a change to forward than Gelly.

I would be OK with Zids taking a shot at forward, he's a good skater, cant play much D and has a good shot

the reason I'd also give Gelly a shot is he did play forward when he was young, and we have to many D men right now
and uncle Lou seems to be doing his best rip van winkle these days