Sometimes I played him there, yeah. But like I said above, I had James Neal that went LW/RW, Jeff Skinner that went C/LW/RW, along with Simmonds and Johanson as deep backups if needed.
In total I had four possible defenders (three slots), eight RW(two slots), four LW(two slots). I had more RW than I knew what to do with so trading some away for a top LW was ideal.
I mean it wasn't a completely even trade but I realize that and don't really mind. It was with one of my buddies in a league featuring us two and then 10 randoms that I don't care about. I'd rather harm my team a bit in the short run with possible long run pay offs while helping him out than seeing him drop out of the playoffs with a team falling apart with injuries (Stamkos, Parise, Rinne, Harding, and so on).
Minnesota nice.
D-men that play forward are amazing to play on D. Byfuglien's great. I don't know why you'd treat him as an RW, especially because there are a LOT of better RW options but NOT a lot of better D options.