Which of these defenders would make the best forward?

[TSN Jdog]

Assuming they would be made forwards on their current teams.

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[ThatGuy22]

With their current teams it's probably either Dumba or Spurgeon. Both would probably be the top right handed wing on the Wild.

 

[CanadienShark]

Going with Chabot. Not sure any would of those listed. Maybe Dumba, but he's not listed.

 

[ESH]

Seth Jones would be awesome as a forward. Amazing fluid skater, smooth hands, hard shot.

 

[Brucelenok]

Tyson Barrie

 

[Green Snow Storm]

Maybe Chabot from that list? Quinn Hughes strikes me as a player who would also be an amazing winger.

 

[Jayevs]

Seth Jones could be an elite 1C in the mood of scheifele

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

I always thought Krug would be a good forward

 

[Midnight Judges]

I always thought Mike Green should have been a forward.

 

[angusyoung]

Honorable mention for Jeff Petry.

 

[Aceboogie]

Jones

On the flip side, Nurse would make a horrible forward. His hockey IQ stops at the oppositions blue line

 

[DJN21]

Risto. Power forward pain in the ass to play against.

 

[valet]

barrie because he already doesn't play defense at all anyways

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Jones would be amazing as a forward

 

[Ladyfan]

Not on the list but Tory Krug

 

[Paul4587]

Not Fowler. He would get eaten alive trying to hold onto the puck in the corners. I think Jones would be ok, he has elite tools and seems to be a guy that could play a cycling game as well as be skilled enough to create and finish plays off the rush.

 

[majormajor]

Seth Jones would be awesome as a forward. Amazing fluid skater, smooth hands, hard shot.

Seth Jones' physical tools are top of the charts across the board. And he dominates offensively in some situations - over the last 3 years only McDavid & Draisaitl have more overtime points than Jones (10), and Jones has more OT GWG (7) than either of them, second only to the Rat King Marchand. His PP QB results have been very uneven though (very bad last year).

It's easier to imagine someone like Chabot or Hamilton cutting loose on the attack than Jones, if you were to just throw them at forward. Jones has a defensive mindset, I think if you put him at forward he'll be thinking about how to be the best defensive forward he can be. It would be more of a mental adjustment for him.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

out of these options i gotta say thomas chabot

 

[Connor McConnor]

Nurse would be a good power forward who can fly.

 

[Highway1]

Either Jones or Barrie.

 

[Tage2Tuch]

Risto. Power forward pain in the ass to play against.

Oh for sure, and can you imagine how mucus more efficient he would be if he didn’t have too long 25 minutes and be on every single special or regular team first unit.

We’ve seen his hands in highlight reflection goals.

We’ve seen him hit.

We’ve seen him shoot, score big goals loves overtime going back to winning the gold medal goal for Finland.

He would be like a 2002 Todd betuzzi lol, (insert joke about him a couple years later here, but actually don’t) ok maybe not that good, fr0m 01-04 you, he was just as good as Thornton in the best power forward category those three years. He scored like 50 goals and 100 Pts one year, or close to that.

 

[Ryan Michaels]

Seth Jones could be an elite 1C in the mood of scheifele

Should've told Poile.

 

[DesmondDekker]

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