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Will it work?

  • Yes

    Votes: 7 7.2%

  • No

    Votes: 70 72.2%

  • May as well try

    Votes: 20 20.6%
  • Total voters
    97
His point totals won't look quite as impressive as a winger (forward).
 
Eh, I don't mind it. It's not like you'd miss the sight of Rielly defending a 2 on 1, and they do try Marner on various defensive, point man at times assignments. Not sure if Rielly would be cool with it though.
 
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ULF_55 said:
Tongue in cheek in keeping with the theme.

I thought they wanted someone for the LW who brings some physical play?
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Hah, Rielly’s unfortunately entered the “Contract Zone” where his uneven play, massive new contract and uncertainty on the pecking order going forward will have a lot of the fanbase turn on him a bit. He’s always been a good soldier but his defensive weakness this season coupled with the teams quiet defensive game without him really looks bad.
 
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I usually do this when I play Chell online and it tends to work loool

Zero chance we will see this though.
 
Let's us play the rest of the D-men who can play positional D, let's Mo focus on offence and he can still play the point in the PP. I don't see how it's a bad idea considering the talent content of the overall team would increase
 
Even rusty, Rielly played fine defensively last night. Picked up an assist too. His return has zero to do with what happened in that game. Moving Rielly to the wing removes your best skating, passing, transitional, and most proficient offensive d-man for a position he’s far less needed in.
 
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Sypher04 said:
Even rusty, Rielly played fine defensively last night. Picked up an assist too. His return has zero to do with what happened in that game. Moving Rielly to the wing removes your best skating, passing, transitional, and most proficient offensive d-man for a position he’s far less needed in than LW.
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I find Rielly’s transition game isn’t that smooth. Maybe I watched too much Kaberle back in the day but his dash up ice is kind of tunnel vision and doesn’t assess and distribute east west as well as some other guys. Sandin seems to do that a little better.

If we ever put Rielly on LW I could see his straight line skating being an asset that could gain zone entry and help set up on the sidewall. Free him up for rover position basically. Not too sure about his muffin shot but at least you’d be shortening the length of the shot vs at the point position now.

But this is just idle chit chat. I think a LW experiment would be highly unlikely since you’re not likely to do that to your 1D without tons of controversy.
 
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I don’t think he’s stylistically a winger at all. Muffin shot, doesn’t drive the net or beat defenders one-on-one and his playmaking is nothing special. Every time he makes a rush he goes for a skate behind the net looking for a pass, rarely finds it and cycles it back to the point. His offensive strengths are all ancillary, like neutral zone transition, holding the line, making pinches etc.

Guys like Burns and Byfuglien broke out after spending some time at wing, but they had a much more typical winger skill set. Sandin or Timmins could perhaps take some shifts at wing, but I don’t see any pressing need for it. Philippe Myers is the sort of guy I’d try at wing to see if that unlocks any offensive potential.
 
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Look we all grew up with the half-drunk guys calling Andy Frost to say we should move Kaberle to fwd.

The difference is that Kaberle was wildly underrated defensively, and uh, that's not true for Rielly.

I'd honestly try it.
 
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Mickey Marner said:
Muffin shot, doesn’t drive the net or beat defenders one-on-one and his playmaking is nothing special
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Although I agree I think Mo is better suited to stay on defense, the above statement could not be further from the truth IMO.

If you need just a small sample of proof just watch any of his highlights on youtube. If you need some examples i've left a couple:

Accurate and heavy and shot with quick release:




Ability to beat defenders 1 on 1:



Playmaking:


Mo deserves a lot more respect from our fanbase. Sure a lot of those clips are highlights spread over his entire career, but lets not pretend Michael Bunting has anywhere the amount of skill as Mo and he is a lock in our top 6.

Again, I prefer Mo to be on the back end, but not because he lacks any of the skills you mentioned in your post. Sorry, not trying to single you out specifically, I know you are not alone in your logic. The first thing I read on your post was muffin shot and thought you don't score 69 regular season NHL goals as a defender by having a muffin shot.
 
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Twine Tickler said:
Although I agree I think Mo is better suited to stay on defense, the above statement could not be further from the truth IMO.

If you need just a small sample of proof just watch any of his highlights on youtube. If you need some examples i've left a couple:

Accurate and heavy and shot with quick release:




Ability to beat defenders 1 on 1:



Playmaking:


Mo deserves a lot more respect from our fanbase. Sure a lot of those clips are highlights spread over his entire career, but lets not pretend Michael Bunting has anywhere the amount of skill as Mo and he is a lock in our top 6.

Again, I prefer Mo to be on the back end, but not because he lacks any of the skills you mentioned in your post. Sorry, not trying to single you out specifically, I know you are not alone in your logic. The first thing I read on your post was muffin shot and thought you don't score 69 regular season NHL goals as a defender by having a muffin shot.
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The majority of his goals are from in close on pinches, they don't really need much power on them to go in. He struggles to get shots on net from the point compared to other offensive D, I'd wager his assists off rebounds are shockingly low for a guy with his point totals. He's simply not a threat from beyond the circles.
 
Martin Skoula said:
The majority of his goals are from in close on pinches, they don't really need much power on them to go in. He struggles to get shots on net from the point compared to other offensive D, I'd wager his assists off rebounds are shockingly low for a guy with his point totals. He's simply not a threat from beyond the circles.
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There is a difference in saying getting shots through traffic though vs. having a muffin shot. A lot of guys on our team could have clean looks from the just above the dots and do absolutely f*** all with it. Mo has shown an ability to beat goalie clean even when the goalie is set and ready for the shot. To me that's not a muffin at all.

I agree, Mo does not pose much of a threat from the point. Mostly because that's never been his game. He makes plays at the blue that extend possessions, and very rarely uncorks one when he has the time and space. It 100% is an aspect of his game I would not mind him working on. But like I said originally, Mo has a good shot. He just needs to use it more.
 
This is the Gardiner saga all over again. At least with Gardiner they were smart enough not to sign him to an 8 year contract.
 
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