[Sylvanfan]

Let's face it....the Islanders would happily trade you Halak for Wideman to shed that extra year of a contract. Or Dustin Brown, or David Clarkson... So to say there's no deal for Wideman, I don't think is accurate. I think it's more of a case that the Flames can't find a deal where they don't take back as bad or worse of a hand grenade.

I think Wideman could be moved at the deadline, but there will be a lot of conditions that would have to be considered. Not the least of which would be him being willing to waive his No Trade clause.

Flames likely need to eat as much salary as possible, or find a team who'd trade a forward with a similarly valued expiring contract back. Something like the Backstrom and Jones deal last year.

But with this being a weak draft, and Flames still somewhat alive, I think they likely end up keeping Wideman.

In terms of finding a longer term piece that might fit the bill as a decent number 4, I think too many other teams will be able to outmatch the Flames for that piece.