I've been looking at some numbers on Weber with us this year and some are quite eye popping.
Defensively, Weber is having a stellar year. His ability to minimize high quality chances and second chances combined with a goaltender of the caliber of Carey Price reveals some mind-blowing numbers.
Weber leads the league, by far, for 5 on 5 goals allowed per 60 mins. He allowed only 6 in 547 minutes for a rate of 0.66 goals / 60 minutes. The next one being Niederreiter at 0.95.
http://stats.hockeyanalysis.com/rat...=300&teamid=0&type=goals&sort=A60&sortdir=ASC
Just in Montreal, he allows half the amount of goals than any other skaters while on the ice, despite having just 28.5% offensive zone starts.
http://stats.hockeyanalysis.com/rat...300&teamid=16&type=goals&sort=A60&sortdir=ASC
It gets even more ridiculous when we account for Price. When playing with Price, they allow only 0.31 goals per 60 minutes at 5 on 5. That means Price has only allowed 2 goals at even strength this season when Weber is on the ice. In comparison, Price allows 1.98 goals per 60 minutes when Weber is not on the ice.
The Weber effect is not only limited to Price, when Weber is on the ice, Montoya only allows 1.55 goals / 60. Without Weber that numbers goes up to 3.26!! All this while playing in the toughest defensive situations.
http://stats.hockeyanalysis.com/showplayer.php?pid=265&withagainst=true&season=2016-17&sit=5v5
The flip side of the story is that Weber doesn't really drive the offense at even strength. His 1.75 GF / 60 is the lowest on the team. It is also evident in the shots generated as he's 3rd last after Emelin and Mitchell.
http://stats.hockeyanalysis.com/rat...00&teamid=16&type=corsi&sort=F60&sortdir=DESC
But one can't deny the defensive impact he's having on the team, he's being a monster at preventing goals.