Canadiens’ Shea Weber Undergoes Knee Surgery, to Miss 6 Months

Canadiens' defenseman Shea Weber in 2017
Canadiens' defenseman Shea Weber in 2017. Photo by Daniel Lea/CSM/REX/Shutterstock (9180557x)

Montreal Canadiens star defenseman Shea Weber will probably want to forget that 2018 ever happened. After undergoing a left foot surgery in March, the 32-year-old also had to undergo a surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his right knee on Wednesday. He is expected to miss another five to six months recovering from the surgery.

It is important to mention that this procedure could not have been performed earlier due to his recovery to his previous foot surgery. As such, we expect a recovery period from this latest knee surgery to be five to six months,” – said Canadiens’ head physician David Mulder in a statement.

We were very disappointed to learn that this knee injury will extend Shea’s recovery period,” – added Canadiens’ general manager Marc Bergevin. “Unfortunately, this is out of our control and we have to fully trust the medical group in these situations. We are confident that his recovery will go as scheduled and that Shea will return to action as soon as possible.

Shea Weber only managed to play 26 games for the Montreal Canadiens in the last season and had six goals to go with 10 assists.

Canadiens acquired Weber in the summer of 2016 from Nashville Predators, sending defenseman P. K. Subban in exchange. Predators now look like the winners of this trade, since Subban, who is four years younger, has 99 points in 148 games played since then. Weber, on the other side, has 58 points in 104 games.

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