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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Smid and Wideman are not bottom defensemen. They're just being used in that role due to Hartley's strange love affair with Russell and Engelland.
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Widemen is what he is. It's hard to say what Smid is after his LTIR stint. He's never been very fleet of foot and the game has sped up a lot in the past two years. Surprisingly, Engelland has been serviceable as a 6/7 this year.
I think the blessing in disguise here is that the contract situation on the back-end makes it less likely that Russell gets an extension done.