He's nowhere near being a finished product, but we have to ask is it worth keeping him in one of the precious six D spots to develop him, when Hutson, Guhle, and Struble are there, and then there's other prospects in the pipeline,. We also have our lack of RD.
I understand what a rare type of prospect he is, but to that point, I think he has the flexibility to pivot his career and focus on a new position that might play better to his strengths, and help alleviate the logjam at D while adding toughness to the bottom six.
I think it would have a few benefits:
- He can afford to be way more physical and we aren't as impacted when he is going to the box.
- He can screen the net and be a menace, especially on PP2.
- His motivation to make it in the NHL makes me think he'd be fine with this role switch.
- He can fill in at D mid-game if needed in a pinch.
- Might help save Hughes assets if moving Arber to wing helps improve our soft forward group problem
