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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Apparently the flames have been trying to trade Wideman for years.
Why haven't they? Too Greedy/Asking too much in return? Seems more likely to me that teams are kicking tires but not putting in offers. Buzzards circling a carcass.
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I'm not sure. Perhaps he didn't want to waive before. Perhaps having more than 1 year left on his deal earlier was an impediment.
Pretty sure he'd waive now. It's a contract year and he might not even get powerplay time here ahead of Nakladal and Hamilton. He's not gonna want to play 3rd pairing in his contract year when he could waive and play top 4 elsewhere. And he may want to get away from the Canadian media to put the linesman incident behind him.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Do we think tearing his tricep and not being able to get into a game or two prior to next season is going to increase his value?
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Nope. Shouldn't hurt it either.
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Was his value so high previously that even with a torn tricep he's a 'hot commodity'?
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Those were your words not mine. Hot commodity is probably a slight exaggeration. But there's going to be teams interested and he has trade value.
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I think the answers to these questions are pretty obvious.
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Yep. Hey we agree on something!
