Waived: Nick Ritchie on Waivers (Cleared)

[Drew311]

Biggest fraud of a power forward in the league. If it was up to him the NHL would be a non-contact league.

 

[TheDoldrums]

i mean that is $1.5m in dead cap for two years on a team gasping for cap space on a signing that is only 30 games old, but ok.

I can't believe that not every single forward signing last offseason has worked out, only Spezza, Bunting, Kase, Kampf and Simmonds. Meanwhile Ritchie sucks, this is a disaster!

 

[Weezeric]

The real shame will be when his salary costs the Leafs their best goalie in years in the offseason…

 

[Deadly Dogma]

if he clears waivers is he off the books?

 

[krutovsdonut]

Don't be disingenuous. Hes not a "main" piece, he's a roster player going the other way in a trade due to cap implications. That's like a standard piece in most trades, the value is in the other components.

which other components?

something from the leafs was supposed to be worth chycrun and crouse in that trade proposal. ritchie was the first player listed. if he was not the value coming back to az, please elaborate? was it nick robertson? is he worth both crouse and chycrun?

 

[Knies iT]

Leafs fans this summer telling Bruins fans how successful he was going to be in his role with them and not wanting to listen to us when we said he’d mostly do nothing>>>>>

and I kinda liked him because he’d occasionally get angry and be a force. But god damn nobody has ever left me wanting more than him. He’s clearly got decent hands. He can be a physical monster. Just has no interest bringing it night in and night out

Funny watching Bruins fans come in here on their high horse.

You know who has less points than Ritchie? Nick Foligno, signed for almost double the price.

Now that’s an “I told you so” moment.

 

[Chainshot]

By my count, 30 different veteran players with a cap hit >= $2 mil were waived over the past 365 days. Just 1 was claimed: Sami Vatanen on an expiring deal.

Seems unlikely he gets picked up then.

 

[ACC1224]

Why’d they sign this guy? Never really made much sense to me. But I’m not an expert with this particular team..

Also, what in the actual f*** is going on with the ads on mobile? Holy shit. My screen re-sizes constantly because of stupid ads. The site is almost unusable on my phone.

Not almost, it is unusable on a phone.

 

[krutovsdonut]

I can't believe that not every single forward signing last offseason has worked out, only Spezza, Bunting, Kase, Kampf and Simmonds. Meanwhile Ritchie sucks, this is a disaster!

so you also think waiving ritchie is a "no lose" situation? or is there perhaps some loss to waiving "minor signing" nick ritchie 30 years into his leafs career after a "low profile" signing this summer to a two year $2.5m deal that makes him better paid than any of the players you just named?

i mean there's reality, and then there is being a leafs fan.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

but if the amount of sportsnet coverage a signing gets is irrelevant to how important it is, that must mean that toronto is not the centre of the universe?

that is heresy. are you some kind of hockey copernicus?

They cover what makes them money. 5 articles about Nick Ritchie signing in Toronto will make them more money then 10 about a better player signing in the south. That is just reality.

 

[TheDoldrums]

so you also think waiving ritchie is a "no lose" situation? or is there perhaps some loss to waiving "minor signing" nick ritchie 30 years into his leafs career after a "low profile" signing this summer to a two year $2.5m deal that makes him better paid than any of the players you just named?

i mean there's reality, and then there is being a leafs fan.

there's no loss to waiving him, I'm glad the team isn't afraid to potentially cut bait on a sunk cost. The loss was originally signing him obviously. That was a mistake. But when you make a bunch of bets in the offseason, not all of them will hit. And this is a pretty minor misstep in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Atomos2]

The real shame will be when his salary costs the Leafs their best goalie in years in the offseason…

I think Rielly kinda helped solve that problem with his cheap hometown discount.

 

[krutovsdonut]

there's no loss to waiving him, I'm glad the team isn't afraid to potentially cut bait on a sunk cost. The loss was originally signing him obviously. That was a mistake. But when you make a bunch of bets in the offseason, not all of them will hit. And this is a pretty minor misstep in the grand scheme of things.

well so long as we agree there is a potential loss somewhere in there i fell better.

 

[McSuper]

Don't be disingenuous. Hes not a "main" piece, he's a roster player going the other way in a trade due to cap implications. That's like a standard piece in most trades, the value is in the other components.

And yet TML fans are in every Koskinen thread claiming i will cost a first to dump 4 months of Koskinen contract

 

[Deadly Dogma]

There is a good chance Ritche, Dermott and Mrazek need to go, plus we need to get Sandin for 1.5 or less, Mikheyev for 1.7 or less, resign Spezza for league min, Kase for 1.5 or less, bring up Robertson and that leaves a max of 6.5 for Campbell

 

[cwede]

small news, not big news,
most likely, he'll clear, and Leafs will assign to Taxi, until needed

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

There is a good chance Ritche, Dermott and Mrazek need to go, plus we need to get Sandin for 1.5 or less, Mikheyev for 1.7 or less, resign Spezza for league min, Kase for 1.5 or less, bring up Robertson and that leaves a max of 6.5 for Campbell

6.5 is plenty for Campbell

 

[Heffyhoof]

This thread got unhinged pretty quickly, I guess some people don't have to work Friday and got an early start to the weekend. Probably doesn't get picked up, but a team might take a swing at him and a 5th in the offseason for a 4th or something like that to be rid of his cap hit for next year.

 

[quackquackquack]

Ducks fans continue to say I told you so....Ritchie is undoubtedly the dumbest player under contract in the entire league

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

small news, not big news,
most likely, he'll clear, and Leafs will assign to Taxi, until needed

I expect him to clear but I wouldn't be totally shocker if a team like Ottawa, Buffalo, Arizona or the NYI claimed him

 

[wonton15]

Reminds me of how Virtanen was supposed to be a powerforward.

 

[Weezeric]

I think Rielly kinda helped solve that problem with his cheap hometown discount.

The leafs have 15 players signed and 6.2M in capspace next year. Good luck!

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Pitlick for Ritchie

Please god no, Pitlick is actually serviceable in his own end doesnt have another year on his deal

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

if he clears waivers is he off the books?

If he gets sent down I think it shaves like 1.25M off the cap hit.

 

[Leaf Fans]

And yet TML fans are in every Koskinen thread claiming i will cost a first to dump 4 months of Koskinen contract

Edmonton can waive him.