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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Quibble: Wideman isn't a 7th defenceman. He's a formerly decent second-pairing guy whose body can no longer cash the cheques that his brain keeps writing. He seems to keep trying plays (with and without the puck) that would actually work if he could still skate decently. But it looks like the legs are gone.
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I have never viewed Wideman as a legit 2nd pairing defenseman, he masked it when he was putting 50+ points, but he has always been flat out terrible defensively. Now that he isn't producing and his defense has somehow gotten worse, he doesn't belong in the NHL.
I will add this just to be fair: Wideman is my least favorite player to ever play for the Calgary Flames and it isn't even close. I thought it was mistake when we traded for his rights and I thought it was insane when we gave him that ridiculous contract, I consider it to be amongst Feaster's biggest mistakes.