LOS ANGELES: The Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators swapped a pair of Olympic gold medal winning defensemen on Wednesday in one of the biggest NHL trades in recent history. The Canadiens acquired Shea Weber from the Predators for PK Subban in an exchange of all-star defensemen who helped Canada beat Sweden for gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Subban won the Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenseman in the NHL in 2013 and Weber is considered the best active defenseman in the league to have never won a Norris. The 30-year-old Weber had spent the past 11 seasons with the Predators and has played in four All-Star Games. Weber said he was spending time with his family in Kelowna, British Columbia when he realized he had been traded after getting a text from Montreal goaltender Carey Price. “It was a hectic morning,” Weber said. “I was a little emotional this morning. “I spent a lot of time in Nashville and enjoyed my time there but the more I look at it now I am excited to join a franchise with a rich history and go there and be part of something special.” Weber is no stranger to some of the players in the Canadiens’ dressing room. He and Price were teammates on the Olympic team with Subban. Weber and Drew Doughty were Canada’s top two defensemen in Sochi while the younger Subban, 27, saw limited ice team as an extra defenseman. “He came there with a good attitude,” Weber said of Subban. “He didn’t play as much as he thought he would, but what he did helped the team win. It all worked out in the end.” Weber had 20 goals and 31 assists in 78 regular-season games this past season. Weber has scored 40 or more points eight times and he finished with three goals and four assists in the playoffs this past year. The 14 playoff games he appeared in is the most Weber has played in one season in his career.