The Predators would like to hire Shea Weber.

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The name Shea Weber is becoming less and less present in Montreal. He still has an impact in the city (Nick Suzuki chats with him every now and then), but not as much as before.

After all, not only is he no longer playing, but he was traded a few years ago.

Even though we saw him back in the city during his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame and his addition to the hockey ring of honor, let’s just say he is no longer at the heart of the news like he used to be.

Now, he spends his time moving from Vegas to Arizona to Salt Lake City with family in Western Canada.

Since the finals against Tampa, he has not been the most involved man in the hockey world. We know he has already jumped on the ice with the Golden Knights’ AHL team and has done scouting with Marc Bergevin, but nothing more.

But it seems that this experience with Marc Bergevin, who left the Canadiens a few months before Weber, could be repeated one day, on a more regular basis…

But not with the CH.

According to what Alex Daugherty (a Nashville journalist) reports, the Preds would be open to the possibility of bringing their former captain back into the fold one day.

A scout in Western Canada recently retired. Well, well…

Obviously, this won’t be for tomorrow. Weber is still under contract for a year and a half with Utah HC, which inherited his contract by buying the contracts of the defunct Arizona Coyotes.

But Barry Trotz, who was Weber’s coach for years and is now the GM of the Preds, opened the door in 2026 to see Weber take a role in his organization.

At the end of his contract, if he wants to be part of the organization, we will listen. – Barry Trotz

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Because Weber spent more time in Nashville and knows Trotz better than Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton, who traded him after a few months in office (it was the right thing to do), it makes sense to believe that if he works in hockey, it will be with the Preds.

Let’s remember that Pekka Rinne and David Poile are also on the payroll of the Preds. Both will be honored in Nashville at the same time as Weber this week, and perhaps this will motivate the former captain to join the club in a bit more than a year.