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Originally Posted by belsarius
Based on the reports of interest in Wideman, the PTO by Bartowski and trade for Stone, it all makes me wonder if a deal is already in place for Wideman pending the trade deadline to reduce his remaining cap hit as much as possible.
The Flames had no problem playing him 20 minutes a night up until a week ago and then suddenly BT does a bunch of moves that put him in the pressbox. I think he is already gone and he is sitting to prevent injury and ruining the trade.
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That is what Ryan Leslie is implying when he says that Wideman is getting scratched is not for performance reasons.