MONTREAL, QC - JANUARY 24: Dennis Wideman #6 of the Calgary Flames prepares to shoot the puck during the NHL game against the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre on January 24, 2017 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Calgary Flames 5-1. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
On Tuesday night, Calgary Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman was scratched. It was the eighth game that Wideman has missed this season, which naturally led people to believe that he missed that game for the same reason he missed the other seven: performance.
But Flames TV host Ryan Leslie mentioned something on the Sportsnet broadcast (and later tweeted about it) that made many people furrow their brows in thought.