guitarguyvic
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- Mar 31, 2010
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I know this has been discussed in the past and most are against the idea. But what are everyone’s thoughts around attempting to convert Gelinas to forward? I don’t really see a lot of downside to experimenting with it. We have a dearth of young talented D-men both already in the lineup and in the minors, so it’s not like we are sacrificing our future blueline. Gelinas is young (i.e. faster than all of our old lumbering forwards), has a good wrister, a great slapshot, big body, decent defensively. With the lack of forward prospects we have (while having an excess on defense), it just seems like it could be a move that makes sense. And we’ve seen it work for other teams in the recent past (Byfuglien, Burns). Of course if we could trade him for a young forward asset that would be great – but converting him could be another alternative. Worst case scenario if it doesn’t work out, we put him back on D. Thoughts??