Quoting: Caniac2000
Chara can't move. Mcinnis by the end of his career was slower then me, and Iafrate never had any speed. Weber cannot defend and for someone who solidified himself in Nashville as a 2 way D man, that's gonna hurt him a lot. He has that shot, but how much power can he realistically generate after having 2 bad leg injuries in 2 seasons? Is his knee gonna give in again? Who knows? He's not gonna be the Weber he was. He's been on the decline since the trade, and he's only gonna be worse.
Weber cant defend?
if that were true he wouldnt be such a priority for Team Canada consistently.
NSH could have gotten rid of Weber on offer sheets and kept Suter as they would have gotten a lot better return but Weber they viewed as the Better D for their Core even though he was a 2nd rounder and Suter was a 1st in the same Draft giving up Weber's all around ability to play D in all situations wasnt an option for NSH despite giving up 2 firsts ,a 2nd and a 3rd at the time based on the offer sheet PHI made so that should say something .
like Gallagher he went back in when he wasnt 100% and re-injured himself .
again you woulda been someone saying Dump Gallagher because he was injured 3 times in 2 seasons in a 12 month span but he came back from surgery better then ever.
i mean Markov had 3 injury Ridden seasons to come back and be a big part of 2 ECF pushes for MTL .
Injury doesnt equal end of Career if it did Sidney Crosby would have retired before he won his back to back cups .
Weber's played great since he came over 25 minutes with 58 points in 110 games over 2 seasons dealing with injury with 27/58 pts on the power play and a big part of the reason he was leading power play production in the NHL nearly a month after he was out on IR . with 216 blocked shots and 206 hits and a CF/FF% of 52% he's easily been MTL's best defensman regardless of Petry's play being solid in his abscene's that does not diminish Weber's impact .
Weber will be back stronger then before terrorizing the NHL's other teams with his League's 2nd hardest slapshot.