Didn’t think Martel played that bad, didn’t watch him during preseason. Only issue is at times he was skating like a headless chicken
I don't think he shoots the puck as well as was advertised. I mean, it's like, his shot has plenty of zip on it, but his release looks slow to me. At least so far. It's not like we have a big sample size. But, so far, it looks like he takes too much time to set his shot up for it to be effective, and his shot is pretty much the only thing he brings to the table above anybody else.
At some point I think he'll be in the A. It's just, for the moment, nobody's really banging down the door for a spot in the lineup, so far as I can tell. It's not Martel they're trying to outplay down there--it's Erne. No point in bringing anybody up unless they're going to play.