The “burns to forward” idea needs to die. I get the positional need, but he’s a Norris trophy winning Dman. Zero chance he moves back to forward at this stage of his career

Not to mention he then when out and got 2 more UFA RD.

Yes I did because it is much cheaper to get 2 good bottom 4 right D. Then to get a top 2 RW that can score. Most of these are using Fast who has a career high of 13 goals and has never stayed healthy for all 82 in his career. Also having a flat cap makes it a great market for 1 year veteran contracts.

Also I agree the likelihood burns goes to forward is low. This is a what if? and what could I do with a roster where he did. I know DW's philosophy is D men are more valuable than forwards cuz they play more mins. He is extremely unlikely to put burns as a F. However I'd say Burn's defense is the part of his game thats suffered the most and putting him to Forward mostly solves that.