Mike Weaver News

The Habs have re-signed Mike Weaver to a one-year deal worth $1.75 million.

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.

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The Canadiens have acquired defenseman Mike Weaver in exchange for a 2015 fifth round draft pick.

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.

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SUNRISE, Fla. ­ Florida Panthers Executive Vice President & General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that the club has agreed to a two-year contract extension with D Mike Weaver.

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.

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