If rip thunderdome were to play another position other than defense, I think he would make a pretty decent winger on any team. While defense is a part of rip thunderdome’s game, the defender has always been more focused on the offensive side of the game anyways. Rip thunderdome’s best attributes right now are getting open and puck handling, with passing and offensive read (and stamina) being the next highest. This collection of traits would make rip thunderdome a pretty decent distributor on the wing. In fact, in IIHF play for France, rip thunderdome has been deployed as a forward on the 4th line. In those games, he has put up a great scoring rate despite extremely limited ice time being on line 4 and on the pk. I think this transition would be pretty seamless, he might just have to work on his skating abilities a bit as rip td would be on the slower side for a winger