I'll be the first to admit that it's quite clear that Weegar has tried to do to far to much himself at times this year, but we need to cut the guy some slack.
He leads all NHL defensemen in five on five defensive zone starts and has done so playing next to complete tweeners in Hanley, Bean and Kuznetsov. Despite this - he still routinely outshoots and outchances his opposition. No other top defender in the league is put into a worse spot than he is on a nightly basis.
He has also had arguably the worst "puck luck" in the NHL to date with a .900 PDO in all situations.
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