{"id":137879,"date":"2023-06-02T10:28:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T14:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=137879"},"modified":"2023-06-02T10:28:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T14:28:52","slug":"montreal-canadiens-depth-forward-signed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/02\/montreal-canadiens-depth-forward-signed\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens Depth Forward Signed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Montreal Canadiens have inked one of their forwards to a new contract. Montreal announced that they have gotten forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pezzemi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Pezzetta<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/canadiens\/news\/two-year-contract-extension-for-michael-pezzetta\/c-344587078\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed to a two-year contract extension<\/a>. The deal is for two years and carries an annual cap hit of $812,500 per season. News of the contract signing broke early Friday morning. This deal will run through the end of the 2024-25 season and is a one-way contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Canadiens have agreed to terms on a two-year contract extension (2023-24 to 2024-25) with forward Michael Pezzetta.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoHabsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GoHabsGo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dsyKyALGBX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/dsyKyALGBX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Canadiens Montr\u00e9al (@CanadiensMTL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadiensMTL\/status\/1664618218760044546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Michael Pezzetta Signed for Two More Years<\/h2>\n<p>Pezzetta has played parts of two seasons with the Canadiens. This season he supplied seven goals and eight assists for 15 points in 63 games. However, he was more of a physical player with a team-high 239 hits and 77 penalty minutes. The Toronto has 12 goals and 14 assists for 26 points in 114 career games. Montreal drafted the 25-year-old in the sixth round, 160th overall of the 2016 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>The forward played his major junior hockey with the Sudbury Wolves and the Sarnia Sting. He netted 23 goals in the 2017-18 season with the Wolves and the Sting. Pezzetta has played in the ECHL with Maine and was part of the Laval Rocket since the 2019-20 season. Goals haven&#8217;t been a huge part of his game in the pros, but has been willing to be physical and can drop the gloves.<\/p>\n<h3>What Michael Pezzetta Getting Signed Means<\/h3>\n<p>This wasn&#8217;t the contract extension Habs fans were wanting to wake up to. Many were hoping the management <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/01\/18\/rumours-cole-caufield-preliminary-extension-talks\/\" target=\"_self\">would have reached a deal<\/a> with pending restricted free agent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/caufico01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cole Caufield<\/a>. However, Pezzetta&#8217;s signing should be a welcome one.<\/p>\n<p>The young forward may not light up the scoreboard, but he does serve a purpose. He&#8217;s likely locked himself into the bottom six of a young and promising Montreal lineup. He&#8217;s willing to go into the dirty areas and lay the body into someone. Pezzetta has good size at being 6-foot-1-inch and 210 pounds. He has a purpose in the Canadiens&#8217; lineup.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Montreal Canadiens have inked one of their forwards to a new contract. Montreal announced that they have gotten forward Michael Pezzetta signed to a two-year contract extension. The deal is for two years and carries an annual cap hit of $812,500 per season. News of the contract signing broke early Friday morning. 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