It would be a stretch to say that the Detroit Red Wings' 2014-15 season hinges on Stephen Weiss. One player does not make a team, and that’s particularly true when the player in question isn’t even a first-line forward for the club.
However, Stephen Weiss has it in his power to make life either significantly easier for Detroit or much, much harder.
Detroit took a chance when they signed Weiss as a free agent in July 2013. The veteran pivot was coming off a difficult year in Florida, one where the combination of a lockout and a wrist injury limited him to just 17 contests. However, for years prior he’d had a reputation as a reliable two-way pivot for the Panthers. The Red Wings decided that there was a good chance he’d bounce back and awarded him a five-year contract with an average annual value just south of $5.0 million.
The results in year one were disastrous. Weiss was dogged by injury all season long, eventually appearing in only 26 games for Detroit; in those 26 games he managed just four points and by the Corsi numbers he was lit up like a Christmas tree despite playing soft minut ...
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Detroit Red Wings Desperately Need a Stephen Weiss Comeback in 2014-15
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