Confirmed with Link: Wideman signed 1-year 2-way

[operasen]

Good point, hadn't remembered that. So its his spot to lose for sure.

Borowiecki - Wideman it is

 

[Micklebot]

strange deal imo. I mean, I like it, but why bother with the 2-way? I guess it saves us 200k if he doesn't crack the NHL roster, but that's peanuts... just don't see why it wasn't a 1-way. Might have even gotten him to agree to a bit less (550k one way, unless 600 is league min).

 

[topshelf15]

and familiar bingo pair

Wasnt sure he played with him down there,but yep another very positive sign for them to play together

 

[Benjamin]

Solid deal. He'll bring much needing speed and puck moving to the 3rd pairing.

 

[topshelf15]

Good point, hadn't remembered that. So its his spot to lose for sure.

Borowiecki - Wideman it is

Looks like we are going ofd/dd ,throughout our top 6 ,if we play Cowen with Ceci.I like it

 

[saskriders]

Great. Hopefully he gets a call up

 

[BK201]

ftfy

Krug would be awesome to get out of him.

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

Apparently theres about 5 videos for Wideman fighting but none for goals lol was hoping to post some highlights. Rob bordson is 6'2 200 pounds


Here is a 4 point game for Wideman this year. He's 6

 

[God Says No]

Krug would be awesome to get out of him.

Yeah, totally agree. I don't think he'll be as good as Krug, but I hope so at least.

 

[sens83]

Give Wideman's agent a nice round of applause for getting him a 400/600 two way deal. That's ridiculous.

 

[Rand0m]

Pretty nice! If he makes the NHL, we'll have the 2014-15 best defensemen from the NHL and AHL.

 

[Lehner]

 

[Xspyrit]

Methot-Karlsson
Cowen/Wiercioch-Ceci
Borowiecki/Phillips-Wideman

Perfect. Hopefully one of Cowen or Wiercioch takes the next step this year.

strange deal imo. I mean, I like it, but why bother with the 2-way? I guess it saves us 200k if he doesn't crack the NHL roster, but that's peanuts... just don't see why it wasn't a 1-way. Might have even gotten him to agree to a bit less (550k one way, unless 600 is league min).

Peanuts... 1/3 of his salary so obviously not peanuts.

1-way would have seen him have to clear waivers if sent down as well (well I think)

 

[Benjamin]

1-way and 2-way has no effect on waivers.

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

Methot-Karlsson
Cowen/Wiercioch-Ceci
Borowiecki/Phillips-Wideman

Perfect. Hopefully one of Cowen or Wiercioch takes the next step this year.




Peanuts... 1/3 of his salary so obviously not peanuts.

1-way would have seen him have to clear waivers if sent down as well (well I think)

1-way and 2-way has no effect on waivers.

Ya exactly. Some may blame EA Sports for this misconception

Wideman would still have to go through waivers if he gets sent down.

Neat signing though.

 

[The Lewler]

The two-way is simply to save some $$$ if he busts at the NHL level right?

Gives Wideman a guaranteed payday of at least 400k , whereas he'd have to make the league minimum of $575k if he busts?

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

strange deal imo. I mean, I like it, but why bother with the 2-way? I guess it saves us 200k if he doesn't crack the NHL roster, but that's peanuts... just don't see why it wasn't a 1-way. Might have even gotten him to agree to a bit less (550k one way, unless 600 is league min).

Might have been the only way they could keep him. They werne't convinced that he deserved a one way contract, but expect him to be a strong contender to crack the top 7.

 

[BonkTastic]

Alright, Chris. Make-or-break time.

Let's see your best.

 

[source]

Methot-Karlsson
Cowen/Wiercioch-Ceci
Borowiecki/Phillips-Wideman

Perfect. Hopefully one of Cowen or Wiercioch takes the next step this year.

Wiercioch is ahead of Cowen already, the top 4 are set (assuming no UFAs or trades, of course). Any 2 of Cowen, Borowiecki, Phillips, and Wideman will start on the bottom pair.

 

[SenzZen]

Hard to knock this signing.

 

[armani]

Mutually shrewd move by BM and Wideman's agent. Low risk, potentially high rewards if Wideman can parlay his natural game into the bigs.

 

[DJB]

He will be up soon to play. Either one of Cowen/Phillips will be hurt pretty quick and/or benched because Cameron doesn't like them. I am excited to see what he can do.

 

[freddy61]

The 2 way saves a few bucks but it's also perception. "We haven't boxed ourselves in with 8 D again" and "yes kid you have to earn a spot".

 

[Karl Cowensson]

Good signing, brings more balance to the bottom pairings. Had too many big physical D and no one to quickly move the puck up the ice. I expect to see Wideman on the 3rd pairing with either Cowen or Boro to start the year.

 

[SixthSens]

Glad to see we got Wideman signed. No sense in not seeing what we have in him after developing him for the past 5+ years and seeing continuous improvement.