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Originally Posted by mikephoen

Praise? He gets almost no praise here. He gets crapped on in almost every thread, regardless of the topic.

He definitely earned his money last year. He had 54 points! He was 4th in the entire league for scoring, and he logged a ton of minutes, especially after Gio went down. His salary isn't as bad as people make it out to be. Top defensemen in this league make more than 10 Million a year.

Nothing against Wideman but your view on top D cap hit* is a bit off.

Top paid D in the NHL for 2015-16:

1 P.K. Subban $9,000,000
2 Shea Weber $7,857,143
3 Ryan Suter $7,538,462
4 Kris Letang $7,250,000
5 Brian Campbell $7,142,875
6 Drew Doughty $7,000,000
7 Dion Phaneuf $7,000,000
8 Zdeno Chara $6,916,667
9 Alex Pietrangelo $6,500,000
10 Erik Karlsson $6,500,000
...
15 Dougie Hamilton $5,750,000
...
31 Dennis Wideman $5,250,000

HM: Brodie is 43rd, and Gio is 68th.

*I realize the salary is slightly higher than the cap hit in the beginning of the contract