developing a player that is a forward and defenseman

bigargon · Post by **bigargon** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:10 pm

i would like to try to develope a player like ala sami kapponen or joel kwiatowski

a player that can double as a forward or a defenseman.

has anybody tried this?
is it better to do this at the AHL level or NHL?
what characteristics should this player have?
as far as the practicing, should it be all for the new position or the old mixed with the new?
How long would this process take , roughly??

i really would like to take maybe a future backup. and maybe try this.

thanks

Leafs_fever · Post by **Leafs_fever** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:20 am

It is VERY difficult to train a player for a position that he has no rating in.

Iceman90 · Post by **Iceman90** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:15 am

I find once every few years in the NHL Entry Draft you get a player who can be both a forward and a defense. I'd take one of these guys, and build on it.

I found a guy this year in my game, who has 3 positions, LW/RW/RD.

vocquat · Post by **vocquat** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:22 am

That's nothing
My favorite one is that one

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7995/baldwinoj0.jpg
pretty cool

Post by **Shadd666** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:34 pm

Are you training him to the goaltending position right now?

vocquat · Post by **vocquat** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:05 pm

I might as well