If I remember correctly it was more of a response to those that said things about Subbans contract and the fact of how he played hardball with Bergevin and eventually got 9 million a year. All we have heard about Weber was that he was a Mountain of character but basically the guy did sign an offer sheet with the Flyers that sort of handcuffed his former team. The statements about Weber were more of a way of basically asking how some could vilify Subban on one hand and basically overlook the actions of Weber. The nicknames might have been unnecessary but I understood the message.
It was a ridiculous statement anyway.
If people think Subban was mistreated by management, what was Weber?
These are the facts:
Subban elected for arbitration, habs caved and gave him 9 million a year.
When Weber went to arbitration it was Nashville who sent him and they were perfectly content not giving him term despite the fact he was their captain and star.
Nashville was approaching a rebuild the following season and again refused to give him term. His agent openly said he wanted to move on because he didn't want another rebuild. Of course, it didn't help that they had trouble keeping him.
Flyers gave a contract offer, weber signed.
Because suter left, Nashville had a lot of pressure to keep Weber, so they matched. Everyone played them out as the victims despite the fact Weber was asking for a long term deal for years. Weber never asked for salary arbitration, they did.
To add insult to injury when the rebuild in Nashville was over Poile traded him for a younger guy.
It's basically akin to haggling Price with a contract and then going into a rebuild. When we finally get Kot and others ready for primetime we trade him to another team because we're looking for someone younger.
Nashville has a history of this, people forget how they threw Radulov under the bus for being 15 minutes late.
As for w7, he brought a lot to this board but I do not miss him. He couldn't help himself and was dramatically over the top for my tastes. At a certain point everything he wrote was a meme or agenda driven and you couldn't have a normal discussion with him without him trying to push something. It was tiresome and disappointing given he was much smarter and knowledgeable than he was portraying.
If ever he was unbanned and came back a little more toned down it would be great but if he got banned here then reddit I'd imagine he's incapable.