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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I am not sure if the Flames plan to use the compliance buyouts this summer. I really wish they would use it on Wideman. That contract is just so bad and only going to get worse as the years go on. Sure he has been okay but having $5.25M in a PP Dman who will be 34 by the time it expires is something the Flames should rid themselves of. The NMC makes him impossible to move.
The only way I see the Flames buying Wideman out is if Feaster is not the GM come summer. Even then will owners allow it?
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Players like Wideman will always be in demand at the deadline, and with new rules allowing us to take salary back I see no reason why in a year or 2 we can't trade him and take back 1.5-2m in salary, making his contract very attractive to suitors with little difference to us. Wideman at 3.5m and 2.5 years on his contract(assuming we trade him 2 deadlines from now) is worth a chunk of change from a team.