The Weiss Thread

[Vladdy84]

Put him with Nyquist and Tatar.

 

[lilidk]

Obviously nobody likes what they see so far. Weiss has been pretty bad. We're still only like 15 games into the season though.

I could say same about Cleary

 

[lilidk]

Put him with Nyquist and Tatar.

Replace him with Nyquist and 2 line will start produce

 

[lilidk]

Anybody notice , that Alfy generating point away from Weiss. Put him with Z and D , it might build his confidence

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

I'm not sure Fil would be doing much better. That 2nd line is a black hole right now.

 

[SoupNazi]

It's still early

Bingo. Replace Weiss with Flip, shuffle his lines as much as Weiss's have been, and see who you'd prefer in that scenario.

This is honestly something that should be judged after a half, or better yet a full season has gone by, IMO. I think we will have a better judgment then than we do now.

 

[JPE123]

Anybody notice , that Alfy generating point away from Weiss. Put him with Z and D , it might build his confidence

I've thought about that too and let Bert play with Alfie and Tatar in front of the net.

 

[Hammettf2b]

Fil would probably frustrating me even more if he were still here. all that talent and he did squat for us. i doubt anything would be any different if he were still here. he shows flashes, but thats where it ends, at least when he was a Wing.

 

[InjuredChoker]

Bingo. Replace Weiss with Flip, shuffle his lines as much as Weiss's have been, and see who you'd prefer in that scenario.

This is honestly something that should be judged after a half, or better yet a full season has gone by, IMO. I think we will have a better judgment then than we do now.

weiss lines were shuffled bc he played like ass.

 

[Kronwalled55]

Weiss was a go-to guy in Florida. Now he's either in a role where he passes it TO the go-to guys or people like Cleary can't get him the puck. Weiss really hasn't had many quality scoring chances.

 

[SoupNazi]

weiss lines were shuffled bc he played like ass.

Maybe he played like ass because of his linemates. Guys like Franzen aren't known for their work ethics, after all.

 

[Ricelund]

This is honestly something that should be judged after a half, or better yet a full season has gone by, IMO. I think we will have a better judgment then than we do now.

You mean it's unfair to call him a bust after playing out 3.9% of his contract?

 

[SoupNazi]

I've thought about that too and let Bert play with Alfie and Tatar in front of the net.

Who would center a line with Bert, Alfie and Tatar on it?

 

[Flowah]

Who would center a line with Bert, Alfie and Tatar on it?

Weiss would.

6 players. Sounds like a winner to me.

 

[Perd Hapley]

We knew exactly what we had with Filpula, a guy who struggled to produce when he was our second line center and only could when he was on Datsyuk or Z's wing. What he's doing in Tampa is irrelevant, he obviously needed a change of scenery and a new system to play like everyone knew he could.

I'm still happy we got Weiss instead because he's proven to be capable of producing at center, once he settles in I think he'll be fine for us. But he does look like he could use someone with speed and the ability to carry the puck on his wing because he does look a little slow out there, Nyquist would be perfect for him but it doesn't look like that'll happen any time soon.

 

[RayMoonDoh]

We knew exactly what we had with Filpula, a guy who struggled to produce when he was our second line center and only could when he was on Datsyuk or Z's wing. What he's doing in Tampa is irrelevant, he obviously needed a change of scenery and a new system to play like everyone knew he could.

I'm still happy we got Weiss instead because he's proven to be capable of producing at center, once he settles in I think he'll be fine for us. But he does look like he could use someone with speed and the ability to carry the puck on his wing because he does look a little slow out there, Nyquist would be perfect for him but it doesn't look like that'll happen any time soon.

The story of this post is one of me agreeing those words, perdvert.

 

[JPE123]

Who would center a line with Bert, Alfie and Tatar on it?

Yeah, you're right. I had a brain fade

 

[Laser Rayzor]

The story of this post is one of me agreeing those words, perdvert.

Post of the year.

 

[Chris 84]

it baffles me as to why cleary gets SO much hate (and holland/babcock get so much hate for bringing him back/playing him) but weiss doesn't, and holland doesn't seem to get much blame for signing him. sure, cleary is well past his best and he sucked last year, but while weiss got 4 points and -13, cleary put up 10 points in the playoffs....and while cleary is on a 1-year deal for a minimal amount of money in NHL terms, weiss is earning 5 mil for the next 5 years. yeah, cleary shouldn't have been re-signed, but signing weiss for that length of time and money was stupid.

and no, im not arguing that filppula should have stayed, necessarily. i prefer him to weiss, but he probably needed a change of scenery.

really hope weiss gets it together quickly, but i'm not hopeful...

 

[LeftBackLegend]

Fil would probably frustrating me even more if he were still here. all that talent and he did squat for us. i doubt anything would be any different if he were still here. he shows flashes, but thats where it ends, at least when he was a Wing.

That's a bit harsh...

 

[TatarTangle]

If your linemates are a mix of Cleary, Franzen and Alfredsson, you're not gonna have fun.

And you're going to have to pick up a lot of their slack. At least for Cleary and Franzen.

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

Weiss looked pretty good this road trip, as I've said all season, not worried at all.