Overview
- Pezzetta, who was placed on waivers Friday, can join the AHL’s Toronto Marlies for the Calder Cup playoffs if he clears.
- The transaction opens him to a claim by any NHL team, which would keep him on an NHL roster instead of returning to Toronto’s system.
- He spent most of the season with the Marlies, posting four goals and 10 points in 37–38 games, then went scoreless in nine late-season NHL outings.
- His year included injuries in November and January, and he played a bruising depth role in the AHL with 52 penalty minutes.
- The Marlies have clinched the North Division’s final playoff spot, and Pezzetta arrives as a recent free-agent signee on a two-year deal worth about $1.6 million after starting his career with Montreal as a 2016 sixth-round pick.