The Canadian captain left. Shea Weber was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday for forward Evgenii Dadonov.
Weber has not played since the 2020-21 season, when the Habs reached their first Stanley Cup final since 1993. The defenseman has been on the long-term injured list since October, and has yet to receive 7, $ 8 million per season. until the end of 2025-26.
The 36-year-old fullback joined the Canadiens in June 2016, when the Habs traded PK Subban to the Nashville Predators. He captained the club before the 2018 season and he can score 58 goals and 88 assists in 275 games using the blue-white-red jersey.
Dadonov became a member of the Canadiens after registering 20 goals and 23 assists in 78 games in 2021-2022 with the Golden Knights. The 33-year-old Russian forward recorded 265 points in 413 NHL games with the Golden Knights, Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers.
The new acquisition of CH will take place in 2022-2023 the final campaign of a 3-year contract worth a total of 15 million dollars.
Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes will speak to the media around 6 pm (EDT).
More details to come.
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