Waived: Nick Ritchie on Waivers (Cleared)

[Mike Jones]

Think it’s 2pm est now, to help the western teams.

Yeah - they changed it in the offseason.

Totally effs up my morning coffee break.

 

[Hoglander]

Anybody seen Ritchie?

 

[weinsink]

Garbage period,another overpaid player by dufus!

 

[TheDoldrums]

I'm not being super detailed so you can quibble with the odd player I will list, but most of them are good players the Leafs desperately wish they could have/ could have kept/were still good when let go.

Kadri
C. Brown
Hyman
Kapanen
Johnsson

(had to let go maybe earlier than wanted)
Bozak
JVR

Literally no one there qualifies as someone they "desperately wish they could have kept." They wanted to dump Kadri after his incidents, Hyman/Bozak/JVR were older role players that got overpaid, the kind of contracts smart teams usually stay away from. Brown/Kapanen/Johnsson are the kind of luxury 3rd liners that most good teams have to shed every so often as their salary increases, this is not unique to Toronto. They still used Brown to help clear Zaitsev's salary and got a 1st for Kapanen so they weren't dealt for nothing. The Johnsson trade is the only one that really looks like a pure cap dump that they would not have done if they had more room. Every other move was still very defensible even if they weren't tight against the cap.

You know who the Leafs were actually desperate to keep? William Nylander, despite most of the local media and a lot of folks on this board repeatedly calling for him to be dealt for years.

 

[Koivu11]

 

[Wandering Cynic]

Now that he's cleared, I wonder if the E.Kane trade to Toronto happens.

 

[serp]

No suprise. Not an expiring contract , not cheap and player sucks.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Not a shock and actually might be a good thing short term with Kase day to day, and Engvall and Marner in protocol.

He might be needed for a couple games.

 

[Holls Blackmail]

Anybody seen Ritchie?

I heard he did Bobby Luppo.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

He cleared? Edmonton offers you Koskinen straight up.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

He cleared? Edmonton offers you Koskinen straight up.

Koskinen is not needed Campbell, Marazek and Woll are all better than him.

 

[AslanRH]

Koskinen is not needed Campbell, Marazek and Woll are all better than him.

When I first read this I read Holl instead of Woll and thought that was bit harsh even for the worst goaltender in the league.

 

[34]

He cleared? Edmonton offers you Koskinen straight up.

He would not even be Toronto’s 4th string. Not sure he even makes the Marlies.

 

[BHD]

This played out like everyone expected.

 

[Golden_Jet]

He would not even be Toronto’s 4th string. Not sure he even makes the Marlies.

Going by his numbers, he’s the backup in Toronto.

 

[ToDavid]

Going by his numbers, he’s the backup in Toronto.

Purely by the numbers Woll would be the backup. But the reality is both he and Mrazek have played a tiny number of games so take the numbers with a grain of salt.

That said, I do think the hyperbole on Koskinen is a bit extreme. He would be an adequate NHL backup playing once and a while. He's unfortunately had to play above his grade and on a team that isn't particularly strong defensively.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Great news on the clear

 

[Golden_Jet]

Great news on the clear

Weird, I thought great news would be, he got claimed.

 

[leaffaninvancouver]

Weird, I thought great news would be, he got claimed.

Both have their own advantages. I'd have been fine with more cap space, but between injuries and COVID having a robust taxi squad is good too.

 

[Orfieus]

Marner and Evgnall both have Covid with symptoms so it looks like Ritchie is coming back up

 

[Leaf Fans]

Weird, I thought great news would be, he got claimed.

It might have been for you. There are a lot of people who would have thought that to be great news.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Weird, I thought great news would be, he got claimed.

I don't think any leaf fans thought he would get claimed; they just wanted to brace themselves of the disappointment.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Going by his numbers, he’s the backup in Toronto.

I'd pretty easily take Mrazek over him. Mrazek has played 3 games and has been hurt most of the season, it'd be silly to read too much into his numbers.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Garbage period,another overpaid player by dufus!

He cleared. Your team didn't claim him. LoL

 

[Leaf Fans]

I don't think any leaf fans thought he would get claimed; they just wanted to brace themselves of the disappointment.

I had worried that he would get claimed, and while I didn't have to brace myself for disappointment, I knew it was a real possibility. Though we had a lot on our side- the extra year and the dollar number. We got him through- that is what is important. I think he will play in Colorado Saturday night. He travelled with the team.