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Originally Posted by StrykerSteve
Buying Wideman out also gives away an asset you could have otherwise traded at next year's deadline. I don't see a buyout happening.
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But there is a risk to keeping Wideman around, you are banking on HAVING to get SOMETHING for him at the deadline.
If you can't work a standard UFA trade at the deadline, you will be forced to do a "take Wideman from us please, and we'll give you this pick" type of deal (keeping in mind that any team that we talk into that will have to be willing/able to protect Wideman).
And IF that didn't work, then you'd be talking about a situation where keeping Wideman not only didn't get you an asset, but instead cost you a Brodie/Hamilton/Gio.
Is the risk worth it?