(Another in a series of player profiles prior to training camp Sept. 18-23.)

Stephen Weiss

Position: Center

Age: 31

Height/Weight: 5-11/190

2013-14 stats: 26 games, two goals, two assists, four points, minus-4 rating, 12 penalty minutes; (playoffs) no games.

Career stats: 680 games, 147 goals, 251 assists, 398 points, minus-21 rating, 325 penalty minutes; (playoffs) seven games, three goals, two assists, five points, even plus-minus rating, six penalty minutes.

Contract status: Four years remaining at a cap hit of $4.9 million.

2013-14 in review: His first goal as a Red Wing came at 3:13 of overtime in a 3-2 victory at Carolina on Oct. 4, the second game of the season. ... He didn't score a goal in his final 18 games (Oct. 15-Dec. 10). ... Underwent surgery on Dec. 23 to repair a sports hernia. ... Experienced a setback during the Olympic break in late February. ... Underwent a second procedure on April 21 to release scar tissue. ... Won 51.5 percent of his faceoffs (184 of 357). ... Average of 1.08 shots per game was the second-lowest among the club's forwards. ... Had the lowest percentage of hits (four in 26 games) on the team. ... Has missed 87 of a possible 130 regular season games the past two seasons due to injuries.

2014-15 outlook: The 2013-14 season couldn't have gone much worse for Weiss. It can only get better, right? It starts with his health and, according to the team, he is fully recovered and has experienced no issues while skating this summer. He'll be ready to go for the start of training camp and looking for redemption. The Red Wings signed him to a five-year, $24.5 million free-agent contract in July 2013, expecting him to fill the second-line center spot better than Valtteri Filppula did the year before. They were hoping Weiss could put up 50 points; he averaged 19 goals and 53 points over six seasons in Florida from 2006-07 to 20011-12. But he was hurting in training camp and tried to play through it (he later admitted his mistake) and was never able to display the skills that made him the Panthers' second-leading career scorer. More of a playmaker than a finisher, he needs to play on the second line, flanked by wingers who can score, to maximize his ability. He might start the season on a line with Johan Franzen and Gustav Nyquist, or perhaps Daniel Alfredsson.

Key question: Do you believe Weiss is capable of being the productive second-line center the Red Wings thought they were getting when they signed him?

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