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Old 10-06-2016, 04:02 PM   #69
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Frankly I don't think Wideman would waive his NMC for any team. He has been in Calgary for four years now and I assume he has a family. I wouldn't want to move the family to another city for one season just to have them move again the year after. Maybe at the deadline he would accept a trade since he would only be separated from the family for a short while.
Edmonton might be one of the few places Wideman would be willing to waive for, following this line of thought. It's a 3 hour drive away, the family wouldn't even have to move.

The bigger issue is that Edmonton as a team is a festering stinkhole, and maybe Wideman only wants to go to a contender.
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