After following up his career best season with his career worst in 2015-16, it became quite clear to many that Dennis Wideman would probably remain a Calgary Flame for 2016-17.
There’s the $5.25M cap hit, the no-move clause, the nonexistent trade market, the defensive brainfarts, the frequently taken and frequently wide shots, the baggage still remaining from one particular evening against the Nashville Predators, and so many other things that turned 50-point scorer Dennis Wideman into whipping boy. If you introduced someone to Calgary Flames hockey this year, they’d probably believe his first name was actually a particularly versatile swear word that starts with the letter “F”.