Problem with replacing Bartkowski, who has been terrible, is there are no other options. You can't afford to put Wideman's slow footspeed out there, and you just know he will be the victim of a borderline call (or three).
The fact that we have no other blueliners who have taken a regular turn this year is a fault that has been a long time coming. Next year we have to start getting some reps from the Kulaks, Anderssons, and Wotherspoons (?) of the world. We can't keep patching the bottom pairing hole with run of the mill vets and wondering why we can't develop a defenceman -- because we never play them!!
Anyway, off topic.
Go Flames Go!
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