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Montreal Canadiens president and owner Geoff Molson defended his team’s decision to wait more than two weeks before revealing that Habs star defenceman Shea Weber underwent knee surgery that will force him to sit out until at least mid-December.

The decision to withhold the information was widely criticized last week, with many noting that it seemed at odds with Molson’s forceful statements at his post-season press conference that the Canadiens were going to be committed to being fully transparent with the media and the public. General manager Marc Bergevin held a press conference on July 1, during the first day of free agency. He spoke about the team’s prospects for next season and devoted time to discussing the state of the defence corps, yet he never mentioned the team would be without its most important player not named Carey Price for a big chunk of the season.

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In an exclusive interview with the Montreal Gazette, Molson said the team had to sit on the information about Weber’s arthroscopic knee surgery to repair a meniscus tear.