Confirmed with Link: [ANA/BOS] Danton Heinen for Nick Ritchie

[AngelDuck]

I thought Heinen would've been a throw-in in another deal, not a 1-for-1. Should've been DeBrusk or bust, Bob.

That wasn't going to happen

 

[KyleJRM]

Ritchie has been "just starting to put it together" for years. Heinen is the same age and has out-pointed him three years running.

 

[quackquackquack]

Ritchie was starting to put it together because he got 4 greasy points last night? Get real. We get rid of the nuisance and get someone with actual potential. Heinen is much better defensively, can actually skate and was BURIED in Boston behind great wingers. Let's see what he does here on the top 2 lines before we write him off.

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

It doesn't mean everything, but a lot of Bruins fans thought he'd be a big piece of a Palmieri trade and are very pissed about this. Ritchie had a great night last night and has come along but I think Heinen is gonna be a very nice pickup.

 

[AngelDuck]

I thought Heinen would've been a throw-in in another deal, not a 1-for-1. Should've been DeBrusk or bust, Bob.

That wasn't going to happen

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Terry and Heinen were college teammates, a familiar face in the room

 

[Dryish]

Good riddance, I'm elated to see the hunk of stupid go. Heinen is way better when he shows the occasional flash of offense. All for this.

 

[mightyquack]

Not really too fussed. Writing was on the wall for Ritchie with Jones staying in Anaheim and Comtois continuing to develop.

Heinen will probably be the better fit in the bottom 6 anyway.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Team is awful. Team is awful because forwards are awful. Fan base is weirdly resistant to trading any of the forwards

Trade any forward for any return, says Obtuse Forum Guy.

 

[darkwingduck]

Heinen sounds like Bonino-lite, and the cost was more expensive. But, I'm fine with it. Team's going to bad next year, another bad year on Ritchie cripples his value.

 

[GhostOfWildWing]

FU GMBM.

Team absolutely got worse with this deal and it reeks of the GM's personal grudge, not a 'hockey trade'. I've been mostly fine with Bob until now; but this one will piss me off for awhile.

 

[Ducks DVM]

He's not a center. He's a two way wing that doesn't really excel at anything. He's mainly been at LW on Boston's 3rd line. His big production a couple years ago IIRC came when he filled in their top 6 due to injuries.

Anyways, not surprised. I figured BM has been looking to move Ritchie for a while. I don't necessarily like it though.

Ah, thanks. NHL has him listed as a center.

 

[KyleJRM]

Trade any forward for any return, says Obtuse Forum Guy.

"It's not that guy's fault we're bad, look at the teammates he has to work with," said fan base about all of their bad players separately.

 

[Deuce22]

Developing power forward with skill for a run-of-the-mill third liner. We'll be looking back on this one like the Wild Bill and Theodore trades. Murray giving up on a talent too soon.

 

[yazmybaby]

Bruins fan here, you will like what Heinen does in the defensive zone, he is awesome, but from the blue line in on the offensive zone, he never put it together. He can also kill penalties for you and was on our second PP unit.
Who was on Ritchie's line?
I hope he is better than his brother, who is in the minors now.

 

[Dirk316]

How is Murray allowed to still be gm
Another garbage move completely useless, Ritchie developing into a top line power forward traded for a slightly less physical Devin Shore unbelievable but nothing surprises me with this moron

 

[terranraida]

So bob is just making trades to make trades this weekend I see.

 

[bsu]

Judging from the Boston thread they aren't too happy about it, they are stating that Heinen is soft though

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Trade for the sake of trade. Ritchie was putting it together, what's the point of this?

I didn't see a reason why Ritchie needed to be traded as he seemed to be rounding his game, finally... again.

Team is awful. Team is awful because forwards are awful. Fan base is weirdly resistant to trading any of the forwards

I don't know about the player coming back, but KyleJRM does have great point. In that case, I understand why. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result. Although Ritchie did score two goals last night, his overall game has been on pause. I was expecting Ritchie to come on like gangbusters this year after showing up last season in 60 games. Only now is Ritchie starting to turn things around. The same could be said of Terry. Down in the AHL, Comtois is now turning it on.

I'm numb with the trade, but I do understand the move. If this new guy is less sloppy in his play and plays 200ft, then that's good for the young Ducks. We need a new direction and KyleJRM was helpful in identifying this.

 

[mightyquack]

Developing power forward with skill for a run-of-the-mill third liner. We'll be looking back on this one like the Wild Bill and Theodore trades. Murray giving up on a talent too soon.

I know he's a power forward, but does Ritchie really have that much developing left? He's played over 300 NHL games (including the playoffs) and is basically the same player as he was 3 years ago. He is what he is, which is a solid 3rd liner.

If he breaks out like Karlsson or Theodore that would be a shock.

 

[snowave]

not a big Ritchie fan, but I dunno about this one... of course, I know nothing about Heinen, either.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

How is Murray allowed to still be gm
Another garbage move completely useless, Ritchie developing into a top line power forward traded for a slightly less physical Devin Shore unbelievable but nothing surprises me with this moron

It's funny. I've always said Power Forwards take the longest to develop. Remember how long it took Maroon to come along?!

 

[AngelDuck]

Developing power forward with skill for a run-of-the-mill third liner. We'll be looking back on this one like the Wild Bill and Theodore trades. Murray giving up on a talent too soon.

Ritchie has about 1/10 the talent and upside of Shea Theodore...And I'm a fan of Nick

 

[MMC]

If Heinen can do the heavy lifting on D on a line with our young forwards so they can better develop their offensive games, I'll be pleased.

 

[Terry Yake]

How is Murray allowed to still be gm
Another garbage move completely useless, Ritchie developing into a top line power forward traded for a slightly less physical Devin Shore unbelievable but nothing surprises me with this moron

that's sarcasm right?

i hate murray as much as the next person but ritchie has been "developing" for years now. he's not going to get any better than what we've seen and heinen is the better all around player anyways

 

[Leonardo87]

Heinen seems to have more of an offensive upside, which the Ducks need desperately. Also heard Heinen is good defensively, maybe better than Ritchie?

Ritchie - GP 287 (43 G , 66 A) 109 points .38/PPG

Heinen - GP 220 (34 G, 69 A) 103 points .47/PPG