Carlyle To Experiment JVR At Center.. For Now

Randy Carlyle mildly broke the Leaf Land silence Thursday afternoon with the announcement that he’d be moving newly acquired forward, James van Riemsdyk, to center for camp and going from there.

When Brian Burke announced the trade, he entertained the possibility of having JVR play center.  Though his natural position is the left wing, Burke stated that the actuality of him playing center would be up to Head Coach, Randy Carlyle.

“I ensivion him mostly on the wall,” Burke told a Saturday night conference call. “From my perspective we are not big enough.  He’s a big body with skill and those players are hard to find.”