I’m not going to wish the AHL on anyone and certainly not early so he can learn how to play pro hockey like TJ Tynan. Ideally he’d play in the NHL, go to WJC and finish in Oshawa with another OHL championship run. I kinda hate the split seasons but in his case it would be ideal. But that takes a contract and org commitment so Ritchie’s best plan of action is to score as much as he possibly can in the OHL and WJC to hopefully get some urgency out of the org so he has an actual real shot in fall of 25 before starting his lifelong AHL career.
Ritchie wore two different colors in different sessions. He was in white with the small group, burgundy in the full group later. The skill, polish and talent was there. He wasn’t afraid to mess up and battle. He was doing what he needs to be at this point,