Prospect Info: Avs draft F Calum Ritchie (2023 #27 overall)

[Richard88]

Maybe CMac wants to explore the trade market a bit more before signing Ritchie to a contract. If you're gonna trade a prospect it's a better look to do it before signing a contract than to sign him and trade him shortly theresfter. Leaving him unsigned also gives an acquiring team the freedom to structure the contract how they like.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Kinda odd that easily your best prospect is still without a contract

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Maybe CMac wants to explore the trade market a bit more before signing Ritchie to a contract. If you're gonna trade a prospect it's a better look to do it before signing a contract than to sign him and trade him shortly theresfter. Leaving him unsigned also gives an acquiring team the freedom to structure the contract how they like.

Or Kroenke is too cheap to pay the signing bonus.

Need that liquidity baby.

 

[henchman21]

Kinda odd that easily your best prospect is still without a contract

Makar was without a contract for nearly 2 years!

Jokes aside, a lot of worrying over nothing here. We don't know the demands of it all, but he's certain to be signed and the situation will take care of itself.

 

[hockeyfish]

Horrible deal.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1810404417763520549

That look when you sign up for a timeshare and instantly regret it.

 

[Cake Malar]

lol @ everyone freaking out

 

[henchman21]

Now will CF be up long enough for us to get the details?

 

[Vaslof]

Overpaid and too much term

 

[Tralfamadore]

Huge if true

 

[Avs9296]

He kinda looks like a young Nathan MacKinnon in the picture.

 

[LOFIN]

Thought it deserved it's own thread

Confirmed with Link: - Calum Ritchie signs ELC

forums.hfboards.com

 

[Hasbro]

Anyone seen Richie?

Hopefully, Callum skates better than Segall runs.

Thought it deserved it's own thread

Confirmed with Link: - Calum Ritchie signs ELC

forums.hfboards.com

Boy all the people doomsaying about him not signing must feel like giant shmucks right now.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

He’s wearing an A for the Generals.

First game was tonight.

2 assists
+1
2 PIM (Holding)
13 of 27 on faceoffs

They won 7-2. Definitely a stacked team that should return to the OHL Finals against London at the very least.

 

[RECKLESS]

Learn good habits, toughen up, dominate the OHL, and see ya next year.

 

[Perratrooper]

Unless Cal sees a massive jump in offensive ability I have a hard time seeing him make the big club even next season.

It seemed like any chance he got this year he shot well wide of the net and when he carried the puck he didn’t appear to be fully aware or his time and space. I’m sure some of that is nerves, but he was clearly not ready this year.

I hope he takes the lessons of his short NHL stint and applies them to how he plays in the O this year, but similar to some other posters I think he’ll require a year of AHL experience before he’s ready to be a full time NHLer. Not sure the big club has the patience for that to come to fruition, but if next year we some how had Gulyayev, Ritchie and Nabokov in the AHL it would be a pretty exciting time to watch the Eagles. However I think Guly has an extra year, not sure the likelihood of that getting removed.