Terrible 1st half, solid but unspectacular second half: 1-1.5 million for one year sounds about right. He's shown a willingness to play the Flames system and he's turned into a shot blocking machine: both points in his favour.
With the possible exception of Wotherspoon, we don't have any defensive prospects ready to make the jump to the big leagues next season. I'm also not sure Wideman fits into the Flames plans going forward. With Giordano, Brodie, and Russell, we're not exactly short on offensive talent on the blue line and all three are better defensively than Wideman. I think they should trade Wideman for whatever they can get in the offseason, re-sign Butler to a cheap, short term contract, and acquire another defensive d-man, ideally with some size either as a free agent or as part of the return on Wideman.
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