At the start of the season, Adam Pelech was in way over his head with the New York Islanders. Barry Trotz had Pelech playing top-pair minutes with Ryan Pulock. In the first three games of the year, Pelech was over 19 minutes in all three of the games.
By about the 10th game, Pelech’s ice time began to take a significant hit. There were a few times, even in December, where his ice time dropped below 13 minutes a night. Before Devon Toews got the call up due to injuries, people were calling for the callup to spell the ineffective Pelech.