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Old Posted Jun 28, 2012, 2:40 AM
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Meh. I thought it was a bit of an overpayment, and then I read this:

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Over the last five years, he ranks 10th among NHL defencemen with 53 goals and 15th with 201 points and in four of those five seasons, Wideman registered at least 20 points on the power play.

Factor in that Wideman ranks sixth among all NHL defencemen in ice time over that period, 24:15 per game while missing an average of 3.4 games per season
Flames have needed a proper puck-moving defenseman ever since JBo imploded. And a power play specialist who doesn't just bang it in from the point. Makes sense to me.