Per Renaud LavoieThe New York Rangers signed 31-year-old winger Alex Pelzel to a two-year deal. Belzile played 31 games for the lowly Montreal Canadiens last season, but is mostly not an NHL player. He has 44 NHL games over the course of his 10-plus professional career, and spends most of his time in the ECHL and AHL.
Pelzel will be deep in the AHL in Hartford for the Rangers, notably replacing some of the previous depths – Laurie Pagoniemi, Patrick Khodorenko – who left the team. The deal is a one-way deal for one year, and a two-way deal for the other. This does not affect waivers, despite what the NHL video games tell you. It just means that for the year a one-way deal, Belzile gets a full NHL salary even if he’s in the AHL.