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PlusOne Messages: 1532
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Location: Regina, Sask
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RDOilerfan wrote on Sun, 30 December 2018 14:06 | I had the displeasure of going to the last 2 Oilers home games and Wideman was a freaking train wreck. He's not a full time NHLer, maybe a #7. I don't pretend to know a ton about Petrovic other than what you read about him in his bio. He supposedly has good mobility, he's big, right handed, has some shut down abilities and can be on your PK. I know he doesn't give you any offence but with how banged up the Oilers defence is, I am just looking for someone who can give you even OK mins every night even in the 3rd pair.
I got into a twitter debate with a few Oilers bloggers who of course are against the trade saying Wideman is the much better player and he is an average 5 on 5 defender. They of course have "STATS" to back it up. I'd love to know if these are NHL stats or AHL stats because from what I have seen, Wideman gets CRUSHED defensively all the time. Routinely gets walked, out muscled or is in the wrong position defensively. IN the brief time he was an Oiler, he was the primary culprit on at least a goal or 2 a night. So I don't know what these guys saw or how they manipulated their numbers but I don't know how they can say we was even mediocre.
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A few thoughts
- agree on wideman, he hasnt looked good
- I think I read he had 57 mins of total ice time as an oiler; one take, not enough to get a good read on him, another take, in just that short time he didnt look good so why wait to move on
- I know little of Petro, remember him fighting Kane twice, maybe even three times, in one game.
- read two comparisons to Gryba, dont like that
Overall this is a "meh" trade from me, saw nothing in Wideman to tell me he would be more than a 6/7. Petro has been no more than that this year it seems.
The added third means nothing at this point
TSN had him on their trade bait deadline list but I cant remember where, at least someone thinks he was good enough to go as a rental somewhere.
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