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Originally Posted by dieHARDflameZ
How is Wideman still getting power play time? That's what I'm wondering...
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I seem to be one of the lone wolves defending Wideman this season.
He still has some pretty high end offensive tools. It just hasn't come together yet. He has a humdinger of a shot, and is usually pretty good at getting it through (either on net, or intentionally wide from the point). I argue he's get better offensive talent than Brodie does when they come in on the rush, or even on the powerplay, and that's no slight on Brodie. Brodie is a tremendous all-round defender in my opinion and one of the best skating d-men in the NHL.
For whatever reason, it's just not clicking for Wideman right now, but I think it will soon enough. Gio started playing better in the 3rd. Hopefully that's the start of Gios turnaround and then that rubs off onto Wideman..