With all this Wideman talk, easy to forget James Wisniewski is sitting in the AHL waiting for a NHL team to give him a chance:
http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/...ies-of-the-nhl
He would sign for cheap and have 0 acquisition cost. The only downside for any team looking at him is that he would need to clear waivers to sign a NHL deal as he played in Europe after the start of the regular season.
Given that he is with the Blues affiliate, seems like he might be a plan to help offset the loss of Shattenkirk