Next training camp is going to be a big indicator as to how Wotherspoon fits in next season. I really see no reason with his steady play both in the AHL and his 14 games in CGY he regresses so much he doesn't earn a spot on the team. I thought he was a shoe in this year. another year of development hasn't hurt him.
Add onto that, I remember listening to the FAN and some commentators saying Wotherspoon s game is more suited to the NHL rather than the AHL. I believed it then and I still believe it now. I hope he makes it full time next year.
As for Schlemko, if he comes anywhere near to the revelation Kris Russell has been and the Flames get him for free we should move Engelland at the soonest opportunity. The bottom pairings should look completely different next year.
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