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Originally Posted by heep223
Wotherspoon hasn't even come close. He's had multiple opportunities over multiple seasons. Kid is not an NHLer unfortunately. Kulak on the other hand has promise and has looked good, raw but good, in his time in the NHL.
Neither is an adequate replacement for Wideman, even with his warts.
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Everybody looked bad last year. Kulak looked terrible for the first few weeks of 2015-16. I can't speak for other people, but I remember that he looked horribly overmatched. He blew me away this year, though, with his great improvement.
I don't think 15-16 is the best way to judge the quality of our young defensemen. I want to see Wotherspoon get some solid playing time this year before I truly write him off.
Oh, and by the way... Wotherspoon's CF% last year in his 11 games? 53.0. No Flame defender with over 10 GP was better -- not by a long shot.