I am not sure why suddenly people soured on Wideman. Before his injury, he was playing lots of minutes and was very reliable. Then he got injured and when he came back his play dropped a bit. Maybe he came back not a 100% healthy and play suffered. I still think he can go back next season the way he played pre-injuries.
As for buying out players, it doesn't make any sense that they will buy out someone when they will finally have a hard time reaching the salary cap ceiling at the beginning of the season. Like some other posters mentioned, the only one I think they will consider buying out is O'Brien so he can find another team to play for before the start of the season.
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