ElysiumAB
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Weiss with under 8 mins TOI last game.
Less time than Clearly had been getting, Weiss can't be happy with that.
Less time than Clearly had been getting, Weiss can't be happy with that.
Finds himself in the same situation Legwand was in last year, a 2/3 center playing on the 4th line wing
Moronic decisions by Babcock continue to mystify.
Anyhow, I noticed he was visibly frustrated near the end of the last game when the Wings were on the power play and he thought he was going in but wasn't.
That's ridiculous. The camera panned to Weiss, but how you can guess what a player is thinking, at that point, is beyond me.
That PP came with two minutes left in the game, with the Wings up by two goals. There was no immediate concern at that time about scoring a PP goal. Kill the clock, and go and enjoy New Years Eve.
Perhaps Babcock simply tried NOT to run up the score against a team with 9 regular players out of their lineup?
There has to be something going on that we don't know about. Health wise, locker room wise, something that explains his lack of ice time.
Holland and Babcock keep raving about his character, hell there was that interview with Ericsson with Ansar where he called out Weiss for being such a nice guy. I doubt it's character issues.
There's no such thing as "running up the score" in a 3-1 game with 2 minutes to go. Goal differential is actually important these days. And your point is more a vote for putting Weiss on the PP than it is keeping him on the bench - put a guy out there who has only played 8 minutes instead of Hank, Datsyuk, et al.
As for judgments as to what was going through Weiss' mind, we can almost guarantee he'd rather have been playing on a PP than sitting on the bench. It's hardly "ridiculous" to assume he was frustrated.
Not sure about running up the score, but I agree there was no need having Weiss play on that PP. he's the most fragile player and probably isn't 100% yet.
I wouldn't look too deep into that game and his ice time.
I agree. It may be a combo of resting Weiss a bit while he recovers from his shoulder and rewarding Jurco with some top 6 minutes. Though Jurco's production is suspect he does seem to work hard and is accepting of whatever role is given. Babs likes that.On the one hand he's been getting less minutes lately. On the other hand he's getting 2nd unit PP time and gets flipped with Jurco if the Wings are struggling. I don't think it's a matter of punishing Weiss. If it was, I don't think he'd get PP looks.
My take is that Babs is keeping his icetime low to ease him along. He's still early in his comeback days and I'm doubtful he stays healthy for long if he gets 15+ minutes per game. He's scored some nice goals but he's still not back at the point where he looks like a 2nd line center.
That's ridiculous. The camera panned to Weiss, but how you can guess what a player is thinking, at that point, is beyond me.
That PP came with two minutes left in the game, with the Wings up by two goals. There was no immediate concern at that time about scoring a PP goal. Kill the clock, and go and enjoy New Years Eve.
Perhaps Babcock simply tried NOT to run up the score against a team with 9 regular players out of their lineup?
To be clear, I wasn't "guessing" what he was thinking. Weiss was literally standing up and about to jump over the boards when he was told he wasn't going on. He visibly showed frustration and sat back down. I was judging by his appearance, not reading his mind.
Since Weiss has been producing lately, perhaps his diminished minutes ir our attempt to keep him from getting injured due to us actively using him as trade bait.
Since Weiss has been producing lately, perhaps his diminished minutes ir our attempt to keep him from getting injured due to us actively using him as trade bait.
With that injury history and now Babs only using him on the 4th line? Really tantalizing commodity.
Nope.