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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Would be nice to also get Weegar locked up long term, but there's one thing that gives me some pause. Last season he had the worst 5v5 GA/60 among the Panthers 5 big minute defensemen, and his 5v5 GA/60 Rel is in the worst quartile of the NHL among defensemen with at least 500 minutes. While it's true that Sutter will help him shore up his game, something like a 7x7 contract would be a big gamble.
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Ekblad CF% 58.8 CF% rel 3.4
Weegar CF% 58.3 CF% rel 2.5
And Weegar was without Ekblad for 21 games and Ekblad was only without Weegar for 2.
And Weegar was even better in the playoffs.
CF% 62.3 CF% rel 8.1 (#1 among d-men)
Agree that giving a long term deal to a 29 year old is a gamble. But we're here. And we were about to give a similarly aged 5'6" guy an 8 year deal.