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Originally Posted by MarkGio
If all goes well Wideman will be available to play Saturday against Ottawa and then be healthy for Monday's trade deadline
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Gary took close to a week to craft his decision. Now, he probably took his time because (a) it makes things suck more for Wideman/Flames, and (b) he wanted to "bulletproof" his case because he knew it would be taken to an arbitrator. But regardless of any of Gary's extra delays, it still takes time to consider a decision.
Do we expect an arbitrator to make a decision in 24 hours? Even 48 hours? I have to assume that the arbitrator is expected to go into this "blind" -- not reviewing the evidence beforehand, and relying only on that which is presented at the hearings. I have a very hard time believing that he'll be willing to rule without taking at least a couple of days to digest all the evidence presented.
Prediction: ruling comes down late on Monday afternoon. At that point, it doesn't matter what the result is.