Habs defenceman Shea Weber being sent home to nurse foot injury

By Richard Deschamps

Published: December 18, 2017 at 8:18 PM

MONTREAL, QC - DECEMBER 07: Shea Weber #6 of the Montreal Canadiens skates during the warm-up prior to the NHL game against the Calgary Flames at the Bell Centre on December 7, 2017 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Calgary Flames defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)Minas Panagiotakis (Getty Images)

On the eve of the Canadiens first game of their longest road trip of the season, the team announced defenceman Shea Weber was being "shut down" because of a recurring foot injury.

On the eve of the Canadiens' first game of their longest road trip of the season, the team announced defenceman Shea Weber was being "shut down" because of a recurring foot injury.

That means he's being sent back to Montreal to have his injury reevaluated.

He didn't skate with the team in Vancouver on Monday morning, and coach Claude Julien says the problem had been getting better, but recently flared up again.

For the moment, there are no plans for the team to recall a defenceman from the Laval Rocket to replace Weber for their game in Vancouver on Tuesday night.