The Calgary Flames have been stuck in a bad contract with defenceman Dennis Wideman for about two seasons now. He was good when he was initially signed on the five year/$26.250 million contract. I mean, I’m not sure if he was five million a year type good, but he contributed a lot. Especially in the 2014-2015 season when the Flames made playoffs for the first time in six years.
But then something happened and he wasn’t good anymore. Last season, he wasn’t the Dennis Wideman he was in 2014-2015. Then the whole cross-checking a ref incident in January and things haven’t been the same since.