Rumor: Leafs trying to trade Nick Ritchie

[Cupless44]

The game is about speed these days, even in the bottom 6. Ritchie doesnt get around very well. Leafs will have done well if they move that signing. Good look trading a guy that cleared waivers.

 

[nobody]

The game is about speed these days, even in the bottom 6. Ritchie doesnt get around very well. Leafs will have done well if they move that signing. Good look trading a guy that cleared waivers.

We've seen worse contracts moved around the league. I think the Leafs will be okay.

 

[HockeyVirus]

???

You called someone out for getting their facts wrong, yet you completely made up that Richie had a 30 goal pace. I see that you've now lowered the bar to just "being productive" so you obviously know that you're wrong.

Teams also had a chance to take a flyer on him when he was on waivers and available to the whole league for free. No one wanted him.

Being in his "prime" is irrelevant when he sucks.

lol people so shook that I won't pretend this is some albatross contract like Savard or Gallagher or Petry and a team might be willing to take him because they see value in them. Seriously the amount of people replying to me upset about this is hilarious.

 

[Sparksrus3]

You’d have to add a 2nd just to get Nicole.

I would make this trade All Night Long

 

[AngryScotsman]

He will move, it may cost us though.

 

[Nylanderthal]

He will move, it may cost us though.

I think there’s a better chance he’s a cap ballast in a deadline upgrade. Selling teams still need to ice a roster, and if Nick manages to put anything decent together the rest of this year and next he’ll be ones of next deadlines most desirable players.
The other option is a team who is tight to the contract limit might want to purge a bunch of useless/expensive 1 way deals in the AHL and clear some room to sell rentals where you’re likely to get multiple contracts back.
Either way a shitty 25 game stretch with a fast paced team like Toronto doesn’t completely tank his value. As much as everyone loves crapping on our management they obviously didn’t give out the deal they did in a vacuum and without competing offers.

 

[ponder]

He’s signed for 1 more year at a $2.5 mil cap hit, but if we buy him out, it’s $300K next year, $1.1 mil the year after. So that’s kinda like $1.4 mil total retention, but I think spread out over 2 years is a bit better than all in one.

Based on that, I think we’d do something like Ritchie, $1 mil retained, for nothing (well, filler like a conditional 7th). And maybe there’s someone out there who wants 1 year of Ritchie for $1.5 mil? Probably?

 

[horner]

He’s signed for 1 more year at a $2.5 mil cap hit, but if we buy him out, it’s $300K next year, $1.1 mil the year after. So that’s kinda like $1.4 mil total retention, but I think spread out over 2 years is a bit better than all in one.

Based on that, I think we’d do something like Ritchie, $1 mil retained, for nothing (well, filler like a conditional 7th). And maybe there’s someone out there who wants 1 year of Ritchie for $1.5 mil? Probably?

Because of the pandemic there are alot of teams that want to get rid of long term injury contract.
Retain .5 mil for LTIR or a contract or two that we can barry in the minors.

 

[Holymakinaw]

The game is about speed these days, even in the bottom 6. Ritchie doesnt get around very well. Leafs will have done well if they move that signing. Good look trading a guy that cleared waivers.

Arizona has already made it known that they're looking to take on salary, just to get picks. I don't think it'll be so hard to move him. Sorry.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Nick Richie and Rasmus Sandin to the Devils for PK Subban at 50% retained.
In case you didnt know Subban is playin great.

Subban is UFA so that means Leafs add one of their top young Dmen?
get real buddy

 

[Arthur Morgan]

I'm not offended that you are delusional. What team would give an asset for Ritchie and take on that salary next season? Why didnt they take him on waivers. Get real.

GMs make moves for alot of different reasons.
1 year remaining isnt that bad and getting assets back for 1 season is something alot of GMs look for
players get passed on waivers then traded for all the time
seems like the only delusional one is you basically saying Ritchie is impossible to move

 

[Macheteops]

lol people so shook that I won't pretend this is some albatross contract like Savard or Gallagher or Petry and a team might be willing to take him because they see value in them. Seriously the amount of people replying to me upset about this is hilarious.

You think people are shook by this? I honestly could never see myself upset at what some random person posted on a hockey board. They might disagree with you

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Let the bidding begin!
We're not answering the phone, unless it's a very good offer; so don't waste our time....we know exactly the player we have available!

 

[johnnybbadd]

Ritchie might have been a useful player 20 years ago but he is just way too slow for the way the game is played now. If anyone picks him up they will regret it.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Roussel @ 50% (1.5m x 1)
for
Ritchie (2.5m x 2) + their pick of two 4th round or later players from 2019 or 2020, with Toronto being able to take 2-4 guys off the table. Or something like that.

 

[4thline]

My bet is he'll be a coyote. They need to add both salary and roster players for next season, and I can't see the state of the org/using college facilities making them a huge draw. Being an everyday player likely lets him rehab his value and they can get something at next years deadline

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

With Toronto supposedly interested in Chiarot, I'm wondering if Leaf fans would be willing to swallow the asking price if we take back Ritchie at full cap.

 

[Zonk]

Ritchie might have been a useful player 20 years ago.

Twenty years ago Ritchie was only six years old. He was big for his age, but likely still too small for professional hockey.

 

[13pacheco31]

Twenty years ago Ritchie was only six years old. He was big for his age, but likely still too small for professional hockey.

I don't think he meant that literally

 

[notbias]

With Toronto supposedly interested in Chiarot, I'm wondering if Leaf fans would be willing to swallow the asking price if we take back Ritchie at full cap.

I hope not, I don't think he fits on the Leafs unless he can play the right side. I also think the supposed return is insane.

And how much of an upgrade on Holl/Liljegren is he?

 

[Guttersniped]

lol people so shook that I won't pretend this is some albatross contract like Savard or Gallagher or Petry and a team might be willing to take him because they see value in them. Seriously the amount of people replying to me upset about this is hilarious.

It’s way shorter and cheaper (particularly in terms of a cap hit) than those, so much so that I don’t really understand the comparison.

He has the opposite of the typical recent Leaf contracts because of escrow though, they’re usually more attractive because the deals are front-loaded.

Both Kapanen and Johnsson made less then their cap hits by the time they were traded. Their 2020-21 signing bonuses were already paid before the trades happened and their salaries really drop in their two last seasons.

The 3.3m salary next season makes it a tougher sell, and cap space might get pricey if the salary cap doesn’t go up 1m next season because of this season’s lost revenue. I’m curious what it will cost. (Not a 1st IMO, but something. He’s 26, so potential as a selling point has faded quite a bit.)

 

[Nothingbutglass]

GMs make moves for alot of different reasons.
1 year remaining isnt that bad and getting assets back for 1 season is something alot of GMs look for
players get passed on waivers then traded for all the time
seems like the only delusional one is you basically saying Ritchie is impossible to move

I didnt say he was impossible to move so not sure why you are quoting me. I said he sucks and has no value. Dubas basically flushed $5 million dollars. You could staple him to assets to move him

 

[Mike Jones]

Just a heads up - Ritchie is playing his first game for the Marlies tonight. He's already scored.

Are there any scouts at the game and is that why he's playing?

Link: TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League

 

[miscs75]

Just a heads up - Ritchie is playing his first game for the Marlies tonight. He's already scored.

Are there any scouts at the game and is that why he's playing?

Link: TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League

I heard scouts from Hostess, Drakes and Entenmanns are all there.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

The game is about speed these days, even in the bottom 6. Ritchie doesnt get around very well. Leafs will have done well if they move that signing. Good look trading a guy that cleared waivers.

That happens all the time most recently Kyle Clifford