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Uncertainty Surrounding Shea Weber For Next Season

July 14, 2021 at 7:01 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose 19 Comments

Following a trip to the Stanley Cup Final, it would seem hard to believe at first that Montreal wouldn’t consider protecting their captain from Seattle in the upcoming expansion draft.  However, it appears that this will be the case.  TVA Sports’ Renaud Lavoie reports (Twitter link) that the Canadiens won’t protect defenseman Shea Weber after recent medical evaluations revealed that he could miss all of next season and potentially longer due to injury.

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman relays that the issue is a left foot or ankle problem that has been lingering for several years.  He had surgery to repair a tendon in that area in 2018 and also missed time with that same issue two years later.  The injury isn’t going away and the team, the league, and the NHLPA are now doing due diligence to determine next steps for the 35-year-old.

On the ice, Weber’s absence would be a significant loss for the Canadiens.  While he had been slowing down in recent years, he still logged heavy minutes for Montreal and averaged 22:42 per game this season (second-most to Jeff Petry by two seconds) while recording 19 points in 48 games.  His ice time increased significantly in the playoffs despite playing through a thumb injury, logging more than 25 minutes a night while still chipping in with six points in 22 games.

On the expansion front, this situation creates some clarity as the team would simply protect Petry, Ben Chiarot, and Joel Edmundson with Brett Kulak serving as the notable rearguard left unprotected.

However, it creates a big hole on Montreal’s back end as well with no real certainty on what they’ll be able to do.  While he will be eligible to be placed on LTIR, the Canadiens may not be able to do much to replace him unless they can determine that he will miss all of next season.  In that situation, they’d be permitted to spend up to his $7.857MM over the Upper Limit of the salary cap but if they feel he could come back at some point, they’d be more restricted in what they could do and might only be able to fill his spot with a low-cost internal replacement.

Still on the contract front, Weber’s deal still has five years remaining on it but only $12MM in cash payments due to the front-loaded nature of the contract, one that is now illegal and subject to recapture.  PuckPedia has a Twitter thread about the short-term salary cap recapture potential for both teams if Weber was to retire.  (Montreal’s cap recapture potential ends after the 2022-23 season while Nashville’s will last the duration of the contract.)  However, the likeliest scenario at this point is that Weber doesn’t retire, collects his salary which sits at $6MM next season, and no recapture penalties would apply to either team.

The Canadiens were already eyeing down a busy offseason with several notable players in need of new contracts.  This development with their captain and one of their top blueliners could very well make it that much busier for GM Marc Bergevin.

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.

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  1. Polish Hammer

    4 years ago

    They floating a bogus story so he doesn’t get selected?

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    • NoRegretzkys

      4 years ago

      Floating a bogus story so he can go on LTIR next season and be magically healed for the playoffs

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      Reply
    • fburner88

      4 years ago

      Floating this bogus story to avoid recapture penalty

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    • NoRegretzkys

      4 years ago

      I think we all agree it’s a bogus story lol could be any combination of the theories!

      Reply
    • jdgoat

      4 years ago

      They’d be ecstatic if Seattle took him.

      Reply
    • TheConsiglierre

      4 years ago

      only he wont produce as much as 86.

      Reply
    • MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

      4 years ago

      @TheConsiglierre – He may not produce as much, but he can sever limbs with a single howitzer blast from the point on the PP! (When healthy)

      Reply
    • SuperSinker

      4 years ago

      It isn’t Montreal who’s under recapture

      Reply
    • layventsky

      4 years ago

      Not as much as NSH, but yes, MTL would be on the hook for some cap recapture. His contract was still accruing cap advantage after he was traded, and I believe it’ll be one or two more seasons until MTL’s cap advantage is nullified.

      Reply
    • layventsky

      4 years ago

      Correction: two seasons. I apparently missed that in the article.

      Reply
    • Jimmykinglive

      4 years ago

      I don’t think Weber could bounce back as nicely as Kucherov did

      Reply
    • A. Judge

      4 years ago

      Some times the stars just align. Think positively mate, it’s all good. Bergevin keeps Chairot, gets some healthy Salary Cap relief and now can go shopping.

      Reply
    • A. Judge

      4 years ago

      I think the only thing bogus here are the Habs haters.

      Reply
  2. Murphy NFLD

    4 years ago

    Id guess he doesnt want to play because hes really beat up and due 2.4 per year on average. He prob is injured enough that he could go on LTIR. Maybe this means the habs go after Hamilton, Jones or Landeskog. Highly unlikely ghey get any tho

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  3. bruin4ever

    4 years ago

    This is Marion Hossa 2.0!!!

    Once his actual salary drops off sharply- a mystery career ending injury appears.

    Played fine this spring / summer, just like Hossa his last year.

    But then just can’t compete when the cheques get lower. Ummm’

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    • Murphy NFLD

      4 years ago

      Yea he’s owed 6 this year then 3, 1, 1 and 1. He maid 98 in the first 9 yrs and 12 during the last 5, most of it as bouns’ to. if he had waited tell next year they definitely wouldn’t have allowed it.

      Reply
    • Jimmykinglive

      4 years ago

      Mystery career ending injury that’s bothered him for 4 years

      Reply
  4. Cyberhawk79

    4 years ago

    He didn’t play like himself way before the playoffs. He also couldn’t let it rip like normal. I watched him every game. I knew something was bugging him. But think what you want. I’m not arguing with you!!

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    • A. Judge

      4 years ago

      LOL we got a bunch of hab haters on here. But clearly it’s the right decision, and really a great time to make the decision as he goes on their unprotected list rather than Chiarot. Plus, it frees up a ton of salary cap space for Bergevin to replace him. Gotta love it!

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