SoundwaveIsCharisma
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Doubt they'd want him as an "A" either. So it would be: lum Rithie
Prospect Info: Avs draft F Calum Ritchie (2023 #27 overall)
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BobRossColton
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AvsCOL
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I admittedly didn’t like this pick for the Avs at the time. I would absolutely love to eat crow.
22FUTON9
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Looked him up for the first time in like 6 years. Overweight is almost an understatement at this point
dahrougem2
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It's still very strange to me how the Avs haven't bothered signing him to an ELC, especially if the kid is putting in the work. At least reward him with some signing bonus money, no?
Avs are so strange sometimes. Like they don't do shit just to not do it, there's no logic behind it.
Avs are so strange sometimes. Like they don't do shit just to not do it, there's no logic behind it.
hockeyfish
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Avs are probably offering 3 years while Ritchie wants 3 years.
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SoundwaveIsCharisma
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hockeyfish
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11 of the 32 1st rounders remian unsigned. Him and Bayden Yager are the only two CHL players who haven't signed, the rest either are in college or the KHL.
tigervixxxen
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How does his contract affect our cap?
The Avs aren’t gonna carry him as an extra. If he makes the team, he’s just gonna use the same cap as a different player.
Literally makes no difference.
This message is pathetic. Ritchie’s caphit isn’t the issue here and Avs can fit him if they want to.
henchman21
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Cap hit might be part of it. Any bonuses he’s likely to get would likely end up as an overage and cap penalty moving forward. Avs stick pretty closely to bonuses. Late first guys don’t tend to get full and maybe Ritchie wants full or represent more bonus risk.
He’s going to get signed though. Nobody should worry about that.
BobRossColton
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This would be spectacular and can't screw up his development one bit.
I mean he got his linemate to 3rd overall...
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Im not sure if this is accurate list anymore but there shouldn’t be many bonuses that Ritchie could achieve.
Entry Level Performance Bonuses | Puckpedia
Entry Level Contracts are eligible for Performance Bonuses. There are two categories of Performance Bonuses: "A" Level Bonuses "A" Bonuses are worth $212,500 each, to a maximum of $850,000 (maximum 4 achieved). For players signed starting in 2022, "A" bonuses are worth $250,000 each, to a...
dahrougem2
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Not necessarily a worry, more of a "hey Avs org, stop being f***ing cheapskates and sign the kid already."
The Avs could decide with 100% certainty he is going back to Oshawa today and still could sign him. Just get it done already.
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tigervixxxen
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He’d have to play in the NHL and make a significant impact like top 6 on the team in certain categories to trigger any sort of performance bonuses. If they just sign him and the contract ends up sliding and he goes back to junior there isn’t any charge on the Avs cap, in fact by paying the signing bonus out early it actually lowers the AAV by that 90 some k in the future. But that’s why the Avs dont want to sign him yet, it’s to not pay out the 90k before they have to.
tigervixxxen
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And it’s pretty clear Ritchie hasn’t been offered anything.
“For the summer, I want to get a lot stronger and improve all aspects of my game really,” Ritchie said. “And improve my shot, conditioning, skating, all that stuff. And then coming into camp, my goal is to get some preseason games and work as hard as I can and have them make a decision to give me a contract.”
Love the attitude but the decision should have been made long ago.
Sure they’ll sign him, probably in March when his contract won’t need to slide. But if they seriously plan to send him home from camp with no contract and no NHL trial it’s a real bad look. Commitment to a player starts long before they enter playing in the system and it’s not an attitude I’d count on bearing any fruit.
“For the summer, I want to get a lot stronger and improve all aspects of my game really,” Ritchie said. “And improve my shot, conditioning, skating, all that stuff. And then coming into camp, my goal is to get some preseason games and work as hard as I can and have them make a decision to give me a contract.”
Love the attitude but the decision should have been made long ago.
Sure they’ll sign him, probably in March when his contract won’t need to slide. But if they seriously plan to send him home from camp with no contract and no NHL trial it’s a real bad look. Commitment to a player starts long before they enter playing in the system and it’s not an attitude I’d count on bearing any fruit.
