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Originally Posted by Karl
Bartkowski can skate better than Wideman. That alone is good enough for me.
What can Wideman still do decently at this stage? Shoot the puck? Not really. Often when he does that, he shoots it into shin pads and facilitates an offensive opportunity the other way for the opposing team.
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Apparently he is better overall, according to his stats. Both conventional and advanced.
Wideman has his issues, especially with footspeed. And he hasn't been good for a month or so, though he gets criticized for plays that aren't really his fault, or are a combination of bad plays from several guys.
But he also went through a pretty decent span of games this year where he was completely adequate and perhaps even good. Even some of the biggest critics admitted it at the time (though they've forgotten now).