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For a city that likes to boast about its joie de vivre, Montreal’s pro sport teams seem to have a big problem with their most flamboyant players.

First the Canadiens traded P.K. Subban to Nashville, then the Impact left Didier Drogba out of the lineup for Sunday’s game against Toronto FC, and then the Alouettes released wide-receiver Duron Carter on Monday.

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And then there’s Shea Weber, the defenceman the Canadiens acquired from Nashville in exchange for Subban this summer. He’s known as the quiet one … the man of few words. But that’s not necessarily the case — at least not on the ice or in the Canadiens’ locker room.

“(Weber’s) very vocal,” Nathan Beaulieu said about his new defence partner after practice Monday in Brossard.

Added Brendan Gallagher: “He’s not that quiet of a guy. He’s just normal energy, I guess. He fits in the locker room just fine.”

And that’s exactly what the Canadiens were looking for when they traded Subban and his big personality to Nashville. While getting more than a few words out of Weber during an interview is a huge challenge, it turns out he’s not such a quiet guy once the media leaves the Canadiens’ locker room.