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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
We got to see a glimpse of what happens when Wideman plays on the top pairing, rather then sheltered on 2nd pairing minutes. Quite frankly, he's not a top pairing dman. Just doesn't read the play like one.
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even playing sheltered mins, wideman seems pretty lost in the dzone. Doesn't appear to have the inclination on when to pressure the puck and when to back off.
his value is the fact that he is the only flames dman who knows what to do with the puck in the offensive zone to generate chances. Our other guys don't know how to get the shot thru, and typically their best play is to put the puck in the corners for the forwards to chase/cycle.