Xhekaj and Pezzetta had a friendly shoving match at practice

Clearly, the atmosphere within the Montreal Canadiens is excellent and we had proof of that this afternoon, as forward Michael Pezzetta and defenseman Arber Xhekaj jostled each other with a smile.

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Even Slafkovsky had fun and almost kicked a puck into Xhekaj's face.

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