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It’s remarkable Shea Weber was able to play 26 games with the Canadiens this season — even more remarkable that he averaged a team-high 25:20 of ice time.

The 32-year-old defenceman met with the media Tuesday in Brossard for the first time since having season-ending surgery on March 13 to repair tendons in his left foot. The Canadiens expect his recovery period to be six months.

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Weber confirmed his foot was fractured during the first game of the season on Oct. 5 in Buffalo when he was hit with a shot. He played in 15 consecutive games after that before missing one game with an unrelated injury. Weber then played four more games on the fractured foot before missing six games while it was put in a walking boot in the hope it would heal.

After the boot came off, Weber played six games, including what turned out to be his final game of the season on Dec. 16 in Ottawa, logging 22:58 of ice time as the Canadiens lost 3-0 to the Senators in the outdoor NHL 100 Classic. In January, Weber went to Toronto for a second opinion from a doctor recommended by the NHLPA, who discovered the tendon damage on an MRI, something the Canadiens’ medical staff had also done.

“There’s a lot of grey areas with the images and whatnot and, obviously, they can be read differently,” Weber said about the MRIs. “So sometimes it’s just nice to get a fresh set of eyes maybe that hadn’t been dealing with the situation. Just an outside look and see if you can find anything else.”