Sam Morin has moved from defense to wing
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Filed under: A bit of unexpected news coming from Chuck Fletcher, and what this could mean for the team. While speaking to members of the media today, Flyers General Manager Chuck Fletcher dropped an unexpected tidbit of news: Sam Morin, the 6’7 defenseman, is now playing left wing. "We think there is a realistic chance he can positively effect our team in that role."While speaking to the media on Thursday, Chuck Fletcher has announced that Sam Morin is going to play LW moving forward.
Sam Morin will be converting to forward from his usual role as a defenseman, and will train at LW from now on.
This is, of course, by no fault of his own, as it is quite difficult to come back from two successive ACL surgeries, and it is completely fair to have then doubted Morin’s chances of establishing himself in the NHL.
For Morin and the Flyers, this move is a wild card and a massive project for a 25-year-old who hasn’t established himself in the NHL.
At the NHL level, the depth chart at LW reads Claude Giroux, Oskar Lindblom, James van Riemsdyk, and maybe Connor Bunnaman ahead of Morin at the moment.
Only time will tell how this experiment ends, and for Morin and our Flyers, we hope it ends successfully.
Sam Morin will be converting to forward from his usual role as a defenseman, and will train at LW from now on.
This is, of course, by no fault of his own, as it is quite difficult to come back from two successive ACL surgeries, and it is completely fair to have then doubted Morin’s chances of establishing himself in the NHL.
For Morin and the Flyers, this move is a wild card and a massive project for a 25-year-old who hasn’t established himself in the NHL.
At the NHL level, the depth chart at LW reads Claude Giroux, Oskar Lindblom, James van Riemsdyk, and maybe Connor Bunnaman ahead of Morin at the moment.
Only time will tell how this experiment ends, and for Morin and our Flyers, we hope it ends successfully.