Forwards that can also be defenseman

[Fatass]

Darryl Sydor was playing forward when Kamloops on their Calder Cup run during Sydor’s draft year.

Mem Cup?
Those Loops teams were stacked. Sydor was a heck of a good player.

 

[Rorschach]

Mem Cup?
Those Loops teams were stacked. Sydor was a heck of a good player.

Yeah that's it...it was a long time ago that I followed the CHL so I got it confused.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Red Wings legend Brendan Smith.

He was an exceptional 7th defenseman AND 13th forward.

 

[Dirty Dan]

Marner

 

[Frosty415]

Burns was originally a RW iirc

I assume he could go back, but I can't think of a current forward who could play D. I assume McDavid could do it. He likes to start plays from his goal line anyway.

On the Oilers I want to say way back we had Strudwick at forward but he subbed at defense. Federov played both but was mainly a forward.

I loved the one year the Sharks moved him to forward he was a great power forward then but went back to D the next year

 

[Demandedace]

Brooks Laich the ole tire changer did for the Caps a few times - not for any extended periods though I don’t think

 

[iamjs]

Ask Scotty Bowman. He’s the one who played Fedorov as D and said he was their best. What would he know though, right?

Did you read my post or just decide it was easier to blast away?

I didn't ask about his quality of D. I asked how often he played D.

The article that I posted said he only played a bit.

 

[FissionFire]

Sergei Fedorov played a large part of a season as a defenseman.

Mathieu Dandenault was a forward for quite a few years before being moved to defense.

Jonathan Ericsson played forward his entire life until he was drafted and then was turned into a defenseman.

 

[Fatass]

Did you read my post or just decide it was easier to blast away?

I didn't ask about his quality of D. I asked how often he played D.

The article that I posted said he only played a bit.

What is the thread title?

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Because his name comes up all the time in these dual position threads, how roughly how many games did he play on D?

I recall him filling in on D as needed, and this article from 2008 describes his time on D as him "spending a bit of time", which really could be anything.

Scotty Bowman said this:
"But Fedorov was a different kind of player. He was such a great skater“ he could skate forwards and backwards at equal speed. We did have some injuries and I put him back on defense and he was outstanding for about six weeks. Could have been an all-star defenseman, but he developed his offensive skills."

Scotty Bowman: Sergei Fedorov ‘could have been an all-star defenseman’

In ‘Red Army,’ Hall of Fame coach Scotty Bowman offers a unique perspective on seeing the Soviet style of play for the first time and what it was like to coach the second-coming of the ‘Russian Five’ – the Red Wings unit of five Russian players that helped lead Detroit to the 1997 Stanley Cup...

thehockeynews.com

 

[ESH]

I loved the one year the Sharks moved him to forward he was a great power forward then but went back to D the next year

He actually spent 2 seasons playing wing with the Sharks. 12-13 and 13-14

 

[iamjs]

Scotty Bowman said this:
"But Fedorov was a different kind of player. He was such a great skater“ he could skate forwards and backwards at equal speed. We did have some injuries and I put him back on defense and he was outstanding for about six weeks. Could have been an all-star defenseman, but he developed his offensive skills."

Scotty Bowman: Sergei Fedorov ‘could have been an all-star defenseman’

In ‘Red Army,’ Hall of Fame coach Scotty Bowman offers a unique perspective on seeing the Soviet style of play for the first time and what it was like to coach the second-coming of the ‘Russian Five’ – the Red Wings unit of five Russian players that helped lead Detroit to the 1997 Stanley Cup...

thehockeynews.com

Thank you. This was what I was looking for.

 

[iamjs]

What is the thread title?

and what was my question?

I can read the **** thread title. I just wanted a side discussion about a forward who played D and wanted to know how long he actually played D in that role. We are allowed to have those in this thread, I promise.

Perfect_Drug gave me a quote that included an actual amount of time. You didn't see them give me any grief, did you?

 

[Fatass]

and what was my question?

I can read the **** thread title. I just wanted a side discussion about a forward who played D and wanted to know how long he actually played D in that role. We are allowed to have those in this thread, I promise.

Perfect_Drug gave me a quote that included an actual amount of time. You didn't see them give me any grief, did you?

Well the thread title says we discuss forwards who can play D. And Fedorov, regardless of how much he played D, was considered by Bowman his best D. Not too sure what the argument is here. Fedorov was a great forward who was also great at D.

 

[PettersonHughes]

I think it only makes sense to list most Selke winners? Barkov, Kopitar, O'Reilly, even some finalists like Hischier...

 

[Lou Sassole]

PLD played defense as a kid and his dad coaches defensman in the AHL. He was the guy the Caps said would cover D shifts if a Dman went down. Not sure he ever did this year.