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Originally Posted by heep223
Wideman not bottom pairing. People have such short memories my god. He had a horrible, injury-ridden year last year. The recency bias is strong around here.
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Do they have short memories, or is it you with the short memory?
What about his last season with Washington and his first season with Calgary? In Widemans first season with Calgary he looked great for the first half only to look pretty meh in his own end for the 2nd half. His last season with Washington was the same. By the time the playoffs rolled around he was playing sheltered minutes on the bottom pairing and getting 2nd pp unit time.
Think Wideman is in that 4/5 range. On a team with not a lot of talent on the back end he slots in on the 2nd pairing. On some good teams he could certainly fall to the bottom pairing.
I have no doubt that Wideman will look great coming out of the gates. It's the 2nd half of the season that will be interesting to see if he can keep it up.