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Originally Posted by Firebot
Kulak, Wotherspoon and Jokipakka are not good enough right now to jump in the #4 spot. I am also not confident in having 2 of them together as a bottom pairing if Engelland was to take #4 (also bad).
Wideman is not getting traded. He is still better than all 3 of those despite his shortcomings, and has better value for the Flames than his non existant trade value.
Flames would have to be in a tailspin and out of a playoff spot similar to last year's situation for that to happen.
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I don't agree with this at all. At least the young guys would have a chance to learn from their mistakes and potentially improve. Wideman is hard to watch, every shift I think he will mess it up and the other team will score. If Treliving could trade him, he would have been gone long ago. Nobody wants him because he is bad.
I wouldn't have an issue slotting in Kevin, Wotherspoon or Kulak with Brodie on the 2nd pairing. Mix it around game by game until a pair sticks. Then play the next best with Engelland on the bottom pair.
Could any of those three be worse playing with Brodie? I don't think so. He is slow, he can't play D, he gives the puck away constantly. His negatives out way his positives right now.