Weiss remains a question mark for Red Wings

The Detroit Free Press chronicles the disappointment that was Stephen Weiss's 2013-14 campaign, with the observation that how things will go for the second season of his five-year, $24.5 million pact is still potentially largely up in the air.

“We’re going to continue to look for answers to why is he not getting healthy,” Red Wings GM Holland said. “It’s hard to know where he’s going to be in September. A lot of where he’s going to be in September is really going to be about, is he going to be able to ... have a June, July and August where he’s able to hit the gym and come to camp healthy, fit, ready to go.”

Also: “We made a significant signing — we thought Stephen was going to be our second-line center,” Holland said. “It was a disappointing year. He struggled early, and then he had a bit of a groin injury, then he came back. My take would be that probably a month before we shut him down in early December, he was probably having groin injuries. He had surgery, and we thought he’d be playing coming out of the Olympic break. He never felt right.

“I thought he’d be healthy six weeks ago. We need him to get healthy before anything positive can happen.”

Source: Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press