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Wideman traded to Flames, signs Feasterian contract

Did Feaster somehow think he was getting Suter or something, a la Cliff Fletcher and Finger/Sauer not long ago?

Feaster: "Get me the agent for that wide man defenseman on the phone.. you know the one from Nashville."

Assistant: "Wait... what? You mean Suter? He's rather wide looking on the ice."

Feaster: "That's what I'm saying you INGRATE.. that really wide looking man on defense from the team out east down there."

Assistant: "Ok, so not Suter.. but Wideman?

Feaster: "Sure, uh yeah yeah.. whatever that's the guy." *takes a bite of turkey leg* "sign that guy or something to whatever he asks for. Let's go, I'm tired."
 
LeafsInSeven said:
The Leafs set the price in the late winter giving $3.875m per season. Calgary decided to pay an indistinguishable defenseman from Liles  over $1M more per season.
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I don't think it's fair to say Wideman is indistinguishable from Liles. There seems to be two pretty significant differences in Wideman's favour. The first is that Wideman is two and a half years younger, so his deal covers years 28-33. Liles' deal covers years 32-36.

The other is that Wideman seems to be regarded as a more well rounded defenseman. He's gotten regular and significant PK time over the last five seasons and, as a result, his ice time over those years has ranged from 23:33 all the way up to 25:09. Liles has never really gotten a look on the PK and his ice time has ranged from 18:28 to to 22:01.

I don't know if 1.4 million covers both of those differences but I'd probably say that both deals are equally questionable.
 
Nik³ said:
LeafsInSeven said:
The Leafs set the price in the late winter giving $3.875m per season. Calgary decided to pay an indistinguishable defenseman from Liles  over $1M more per season.
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I don't think it's fair to say Wideman is indistinguishable from Liles. There seems to be two pretty significant differences in Wideman's favour. The first is that Wideman is two and a half years younger, so his deal covers years 28-33. Liles' deal covers years 32-36.

The other is that Wideman seems to be regarded as a more well rounded defenseman. He's gotten regular and significant PK time over the last five seasons and, as a result, his ice time over those years has ranged from 23:33 all the way up to 25:09. Liles has never really gotten a look on the PK and his ice time has ranged from 18:28 to to 22:01.

I don't know if 1.4 million covers both of those differences but I'd probably say that both deals are equally questionable.
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In this years playoffs with the Caps...he was on the ice for 65% of the even strength goals against.
 
Nik³ said:
Zee said:
In this years playoffs with the Caps...he was on the ice for 65% of the even strength goals against.
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Ok...?
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I'm predicting he'll be a huge bust and the contract will look a) ridiculous and b) impossible to move.
 
Best line about the Wideman signing:

Adam Oates ran into Wideman in the Capitals training facility and said that he wished he could be as lucky as Dennis.
 
Zee said:
I'm predicting he'll be a huge bust and the contract will look a) ridiculous and b) impossible to move.
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Fair enough. I'm just sure that you can appreciate that that one statistic, presented entirely without context(what's the average number of 5 on 5 goals a defenseman getting 21 minutes a night would get, is that indicative of his numbers throughout his career or is it a 14 game aberration), doesn't really say much objectively.
 
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