
Originally Posted by
The Top Shelfer
So I am not confused as to what you mean, are you suggesting that every team Wideman has been on, did not possess good enough penalty killing defenseman on their roster and this is what caused Wideman to play on the PK? This is how I am interpreting this so if I am wrong please say so.
If you are in fact suggesting that the teams Wideman has played for made him kill penalties because of the lack of "anyone better" than that is complete and utter bull****
St. Louis: Bryce Salvador, Barrett Jackman, Eric Brewer
Boston: Zdeno Chara, Aaron Ward, Andrew Ference, Mark Stuart, Dennis Seidenberg
Florida: Mike Weaver, Jason Garrison... **** it you can have Florida
Washington: Scott Hannan, John Carlson, Jeff Schultz, Karl Alzner, Mike Green. (what is remarkable about Washington that year was that every defenseman on the roster averaged the same amount of SHTOI per game)
He is now heading to Calgary where they have plenty of Penalty Killing defensemen on their roster. Jay Bouwmeester, Mark Giordano, Chris Butler.
Wideman has played within the top three in penalty kill time per game on every team accept St Louis, all of which were above average PK's. Maybe Wideman's positioning isn't great, but he is not the disaster on skates everyone makes him out to be