The big news of the day for the Montreal Canadiens is the last minute recall of Owen Beck.
Since Michael Pezzetta’s return to the lineup, his playing time has been very limited and he is the one who made way for the young right-handed center.
We know that Pezzetta is not the one who will play 15 minutes per game, obviously. But in his last seven games, his highest total playing time in a game is 5:49 against the Blackhawks in Chicago.
Recently, he was in training to replace injured or absent players.
Yesterday, against the Toronto Maple Leafs, his usage was worse than ever: less than three minutes…
Clearly, Pezzetta doesn’t hold a big place in Martin St-Louis’ heart, but it’s ridiculous… Why make him play?
Following this match against Toronto, Antoine Roussel greatly deplored the whole thing while defending #55 during the post-match show on TVA Sports.
He even said that if he were Pezzetta, he would have gone to see MSL after the meeting to tell him that it didn’t make sense.
“Martin says he deserves to play. Excuse me, but 2 minutes 58 seconds is not playing. Give me more, because you’re ruining my career, because I’m a proud guy and this is not acceptable. » – Antoine Roussel
As we can read in the TVA Sports article on this subject, Roussel even proposed a sort of ultimatum to support his point.
-“Next match, you make me play 10 minutes and if I play a lousy one, send me to the stands, send me to Laval. »
It’s quite an ultimatum, but if that’s what it takes for Pezz to play more than five minutes per game, he needs to pull out all the stops.
The Habs agitator is not there to put it in the net. He is there to go in the corners, in front of the net, to mix and disturb the opponents, but with so little playing time, he is not of much use.
Seeing Owen Beck being called up to take his place against the New York Rangers, we can understand that Pezzetta probably didn’t go to the coach. Or else, St-Louis took it very badly and wanted to make him pay for his odious words.
In burst
– Very nice goal from the hope of CH.
– Matt Murray is having quite a streak in the AHL.
– To read.
– Amazing.
