Umm andersson plays more than Weegar and I think Weegar is the better offensive guy but he’s not going to get PP1 time here with Hughes so that part of his game is going to be wasted here.
I think Andersson is the better fit for us, would fit in perfectly with Hughes allowing Hronek to slide down a pair and maybe anchor his own.
Well Andersson played mostly alongside Weegar and Andersson struggled. Weegar is superior defensively and both the eye test and stats support this. The previous year Andersson was better with Weegar than Hanifin.
In terms of fit, we also have Willander (if he's not traded) that we hope to be part of the future.
I think cap wise it makes more sense to get a guy at 4.5ish to play with Hughes and let the 7.25M guy to anchor his own pair.
I think whatever works best for the team so I'm not sure about whether it makes sense to have your 2nd best Dman anchor his own pairing (if he plays on the opposite side of the team's best Dman and they have chemistry together). Certainly there are quite a few Cup winners who have paired their two best Dmen together. Florida won pairing their two best defensemen together. So did Colorado.
The point is that Weegar is better and more consistent than Andersson, and has shown he can play well with different defensemen. Hughes is capable of anchoring his own pairing but he won the Norris playing alongside Hronek. So if you're talking about fit, Weegar is basically plug and play and you can keep Hughes and Hronek together.