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Alex Belzile’s consistent work ethic in the minors may finally pay off this year

Only three players who were in the Montreal Canadiens organization when Marc Bergevin took over the club remain: Carey Price, Brendan Gallagher, and Charles Hudon. Yet, if we want to be technical, there is a fourth player, someone who spent fourteen games with the Hamilton Bulldogs in 2012-13.

That player is Alex Belzile, who played that season on a tryout contract in the AHL. Seven years after the fact, it was the Canadiens who signed him to his first NHL contract. He had gone year-to-year on minor-league contracts up until this season, and with a strong pre-season showing there is every chance that Alex Belzile will get a chance to take the ice at the NHL level for the first time in his career.