Confirmed Signing with Link: [ANA] Ducks sign Nick Ritchie (3 years, $1.533M AAV)

[Lindberg Cheese]

You had me pop your eyeball out for 3 x 1.533??

 

[quackquackquack]

Can't wait for Ritchie to be traded this offseason...seems like a great guy but he's so lazy

 

[The List Of Jericho]

I'm not a fan of Dirk, but did you seriously just brag about your league best record after 7 games...

C'mon man. Act like you have been in the end-zone before.

Well for the softest team in NHL history, you’d think the Leafs had been pounded into the ground this season

 

[Roland of Gilead]

Can't wait for Ritchie to be traded this offseason...seems like a great guy but he's so lazy

Lazy and stupid and takes stupid penalties all the time. 1.5M/year is about right, most of the time he is just useless.

 

[Masch78]

Can't wait for Ritchie to be traded this offseason...seems like a great guy but he's so lazy

Why should they? Let's see how he looks after an off-season with Gary Roberts.

 

[Masch78]

Lazy and stupid and takes stupid penalties all the time. 1.5M/year is about right, most of the time he is just useless.

No he is not. He was a great complementary guy next to Henrique and Kase. Gave them some freedom.

 

[Kalv]

No he is not. He was a great complementary guy next to Henrique and Kase. Gave them some freedom.

I am one of the biggest critiques of Ritchie but some couch coaches here are just ridiculous.

Ritchie is useful. Like you mentioned, he provided space for Rico, but mostly Kase on that line. There were goals Kase wouldn`t have scored without Ritchie.
My problem with him is that he is only settling for being a complimentary player, it looks. Around draft he looked like he might have in him to drive a line offensively but he is never doing that now. Part of my dissapointment is on management for not sending him down to San Diego and just leaving him up playing low, complimentary minutes.
He has his flaws, so does any. But he is a useful player.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Why the **** did he hold out for that.

He probably was holding out for more and caved in for that.

 

[Riptide]

A three year deal at that kind of money? Seems like he should fire his agent.

Again, without some sort of context as to what Anaheim was originally offering him... this doesn't mean all that much.

 

[dirty stanchion]

You had me pop your eyeball out for 3 x 1.533??

Bob Murray: "Listen to me, Nick...I've got your head in a vice."

 

[izzy]

lol ritchie

 

[Skolman]

I'm not a fan of Dirk, but did you seriously just brag about your league best record after 7 games...

C'mon man. Act like you have been in the end-zone before.

Is that you Burkie? I can’t hear you over the league best 6-1 record....

you're one of the few that would pump his chest after 7 games into the season

 

[terranraida]

Is that you Burkie? I can’t hear you over the league best 6-1 record....

you're only a point ahead of Anaheim. Simmer down there.

 

[The Moose is Loose]

It’s a fair deal.

I don’t see how this a great deal for the ducks by any means, he isn’t even a 30 point player

 

[Duck Off]

It’s a fair deal.

I don’t see how this a great deal for the ducks by any means, he isn’t even a 30 point player

At worst, Anaheim has a physical 4th liner who can slide up and down the lineup and give you 10-15 goals a season. The term “great” is subjective but as a Duck fan, I think it’s at least a very good deal. Players with his skill set have value, even if he doesn’t progress, which I fully expect him to at least somewhat.

 

[The List Of Jericho]

you're only a point ahead of Anaheim. Simmer down there.

My post had nothing to do with Anaheim. I took issue with the Leafs being called the softest team in league history, a ludicrous comment considering how the season has gone so far.

 

[terranraida]

My post had nothing to do with Anaheim. I took issue with the Leafs being called the softest team in league history, a ludicrous comment considering how the season has gone so far.

You said to an anaheim thread, to a anaheim fan, about an anaheim player..

 

[crowi]

Well, I was very wrong with my guess on the first page. I don't know why I questioned what BM does with RFA's, but somehow it happened.
Also stop talking about nylander/leafs here please - you have your own topics.

 

[DaBadGuy316]

Wtf?!

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Ritchie definitely looks notably slimmed down, hopefully we'll be able to see it in his skating. It'll be great to see him back in the lineup.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

you can see he lost weight by his face....he has a jaw line now

 

[The List Of Jericho]

You said to an anaheim thread, to a anaheim fan, about an anaheim player..

What the heck are you talking about? Did you read the posts I responded to? They had nothing to do with Anaheim or even Ritchie.

 

[bsu]

He has lost a lot of weight.....

 

[Masch78]

I for myself stopped to judge players until they are 25 years of age. Some are great from the start, others need to figure out what to do and take time. Ritchie will be 23 in december. And when he puts it together he is a great player and every time he presses the serious button he is a good. Like some said, worst case he is a very good 4th liner, likely he will be an excellent middle 6 player down the road. Sure, at 10 you hope for a first liner and he will likely never be one but being a consistant 20g guy isn't out of reach. In the right system he will be a 25g guy imho.

That people don't see him as an NHL player is a joke.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

My post had nothing to do with Anaheim. I took issue with the Leafs being called the softest team in league history, a ludicrous comment considering how the season has gone so far.

Do leaf fans cry in every thread.

And btw yes they have a very soft team, deal with it