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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Whitney had the big ankle injury Christmas 2010-11 and never got back.
The next season he likely wasn't fully ready to go but the Oiler obviously needed him badly and he played and it didn't work.
Last year the Oiler decided they needed MORE scoring and be even less physical so they got and played Justin Schultz instead of Whitney.
With a year of no major set-backs he might be ready to resume his career.
For a 1 or 2 year deal at less than 2M/year there is a huge upside and draft pick at the deadline possibility.
Sami Salo has played 69 out of 82 and 46 out of 48 games at age 38 the last 2 years putting in over 20 minutes /game at age 38.
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I would certainly kick the tyres on Whitney & try & sign him on the cheap. He would add size to our top 3 defence.