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View Poll Results: Who will be a new assistant captain for the Flames?
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Sean Monahan
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10.17% |
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Mikael Backlund
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57.85% |
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Dennis Wideman
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30 |
8.72% |
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T. J. Brodie
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34 |
9.88% |
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Matt Stajan
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23 |
6.69% |
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Other
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03-04-2015, 01:20 PM
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#81
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Flame Country
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Wideman is a known prankster and is a great locker room presence. He seems well liked by his teammates so I'm not surprised he got it.
It's just hard to predict these things when you've got so many role players on your team. There are more players worthy of a letter than not it seems.
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03-04-2015, 02:10 PM
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#82
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Lifetime Suspension
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All I know is we have the best looking 'A' in the league.
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03-04-2015, 02:27 PM
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#83
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Could Care Less
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I like Wideman. Seems to be able to keep things loose and not be intimidated. Two qualities we're going to really need down the stretch here particularly with all the young guys in the lineup.
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03-04-2015, 02:28 PM
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#84
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Franchise Player
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Me: Not sure about Wideman... 5 players I'd choose...
*Wideman gets the A*
See my sig. 
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03-04-2015, 02:31 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Silicon Valley
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does Russell still keep the "A" ?
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03-04-2015, 02:34 PM
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#86
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Phanuthier
does Russell still keep the "A" ?
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With Gio's absence the Alternates are now: Russell, Hudler, Wideman. Though no ranking shoudl be in order. They're likely ranked as I listed them.
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03-05-2015, 10:20 AM
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#87
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary
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It's Wideman. Hartley just announced it on the radio. Said that he had improved his game and contribution tremendously this season and that the Flames would not be in a position they are in now without him.
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03-05-2015, 11:36 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
It's Wideman. Hartley just announced it on the radio. Said that he had improved his game and contribution tremendously this season and that the Flames would not be in a position they are in now without him.
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Hartley tells truth there.
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03-05-2015, 01:32 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: YYC
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Good on Wideman for turning it around. It wasn't all that long ago that Flames management was trying to wipe their hands of the guy (and his contract, although I would suggest maturity was part of it).
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03-07-2015, 02:35 AM
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#1 Goaltender
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It's awesome that this team is bursting at the seams with leadership both now and in the future. Giordano is such an awesome captain for this team and will continue to be that for a long time.
But even outside of him there is so much leadership and character on this team that tons of guys have the qualities to have an A on their sweater... Brodie, Russell, wideman, hudler, backlund, stajan, bouma, Monohan... Any of these guys could be assistant captains on this team and deserve it. Even looking further ahead... Everything thing we've heard about Bennett sounds like he will have all the great leadership qualities an NHL team would look for in a captain/assistant captain.
Only so many A's to give out and I think they've made great choices in Russell, wideman, and hudler. But it speaks volumes of this team's character that so many guys could be considered leaders on this team.
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03-07-2015, 02:38 AM
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#91
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Quote:
Originally Posted by questionmotives
Good on Wideman for turning it around. It wasn't all that long ago that CP was trying to wipe their hands of the guy (and his contract, although I would suggest maturity was part of it).
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03-07-2015, 06:52 PM
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#92
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by questionmotives
Good on Wideman for turning it around. It wasn't all that long ago that Flames management was trying to wipe their hands of the guy (and his contract, although I would suggest maturity was part of it).
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Not sure where you get that Flames management was trying to get rid of the guy. It is more like CP wanted him traded which I don't understand. Thank god CP is not the Flames GM; otherwise we would have lose Wideman, Hudler, Ramo and we would have Chris Stewart, Alexander Semin and Mike Richards by now.
I think it was a good choice to pick Wideman as one of the Assistant Captain. I admit the guy struggled early in the season but he's been one of the best players we have ever since he was reunited with Kris Russell.
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03-08-2015, 11:02 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: YYC
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I heard from more than one source close to the team that Wideman was on thin ice this summer. Sportak has a decent article in the Sun today discussing how he changed his offseason habits and tried to emulate guys like Giordano and Chara. Glad to see it pay off for the guy.
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