
Weaver will play in his first game since December 6th. Weaver missed time with a concussion, but had also been serving as a healthy scratch as of late. He has four assists in 26 games this season.
Weaver has missed the last three games with a concussion, but was a full participant in practice on Wednesday. He skated on the fourth pair this afternoon, so don’t expect him to be in the lineup on Thursday vs. the Ducks.
Weaver suffered the concussion on Saturday in Dallas. He played just 1:33 before retiring to the dressing room for the evening. Expect Bryan Allen to be in the lineup for Weaver on Tuesday.
Weaver missed Tuesday's game with an upper-body injury, but was listed as a game-time decision for tonight's game. He is on the ice for warmups which suggests he will play. Expect Nathan Beaulieu to come out of the lineup if Weaver plays.
Weaver missed Tuesday’s game with an upper-body injury that he suffered on Sunday vs. the Red Wings. Nathan Beaulieu will stay in the lineup if Weaver is unable to go again.
Weaver was a late scratch tonight, so the Canadiens will go with six defensemen instead of seven and Drayson Bowman will slide into the lineup. Weaver is listed as day-to-day.
After coming over from the Panthers in a trade, Weaver had seven points (1G / 6A) and was a plus-9 in 17 regular season games and had four points (1G / 3A) and a plus-8 in 17 postseason games with the Habs. He will likely shuffle in and out of the lineup as a sixth and seventh defenseman in 2014-15.
Weaver is in the final year of a two-year contract that carries a $1.1 million US cap-hit. The 35-year-old is 5-foot-10, 183 lbs. who had six assists in 55 games with the Panthers this season.
Weaver has been battling and undisclosed illness for the last week and it will keep him out in the near future as well. In the mean time the recently acquired Dylan Olsen has been recalled from San Antonio.
Weaver was expected to dress tonight after sitting out on Saturday, but he will sit out once again while Matt Gilroy suits up. Weaver is not a realistic fantasy consideration, he has one assist and a minus-9 rating in 20 games.
Weaver hasn't played since February 28th because of a knee injury. He had one goal and six assists in 19 games before getting hurt.
Over the last three seasons, Weaver has established himself as one of the more steady defensive d-men in the game. It is no shocker how the Panthers felt about him or that they were willing to give him an extension.