Line Combos: Arber Xhekaj as a Winger

Should we experiment with Arber Xhekaj playing as a wing?

  • Yes - He won't make it as a Dman, but he might be able to play wing

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Yes - I think he could play D but its best for the org to move him to wing

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • No - I think he could play wing, but he's better suited for defence

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    4

Habssince89

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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:
  1. He can afford to be way more physical and we aren't as impacted when he is going to the box.
  2. He can screen the net and be a menace, especially on PP2.
  3. His motivation to make it in the NHL makes me think he'd be fine with this role switch.
  4. He can fill in at D mid-game if needed in a pinch.
  5. Might help save Hughes assets if moving Arber to wing helps improve our soft forward group problem
 

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