The Predators would like to hire Shea Weber.

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 he was spotted in town on the sidelines of his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame and his addition to the hockey honors ring, let’s say he’s no longer at the center of current events 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 final against Tampa, he hasn’t been the most involved person in the hockey world. We know he has already stepped on the ice with the Golden Knights’ AHL team and has done some scouting with Marc Bergevin, but that’s about it.

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

But not with the Canadiens.

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

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

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Of course, it wouldn’t be for tomorrow. Weber is still under contract for a year and a half with Utah HC, which inherited his contract by purchasing 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 seeing Weber take a role within 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 inspire the former captain to join the club in a little over a year.