Injuries hit the Montreal Canadiens early and hard at the start of the season. The Canadiens lost Kirby Dach for the entire campaign, Kaiden Guhle for two weeks, David Savard for six to eight weeks, and Rafaël Harvey-Pinard for an indefinite period.
Guhle has returned to play, but there's another defenseman who hasn't appeared in the lineup. Chris Wideman hasn't played a game yet due to a back injury. According to Renaud Lavoie, his season may well be over.
Wideman is in the final year of his contract, and if he doesn't return to the game to prove himself and demonstrate to other teams that he deserves another contract, his career could be in jeopardy.
The Canadiens are losing a valuable teammate as number 6 is greatly appreciated in the locker room. Even if he could come back to play, I'm not sure he would, but his presence is certainly missed by young players like Cole Caufield, who is very close friends with him.
