Confirmed with Link: Troy Stecher and Nick Ritchie to Calgary, Connor Mackey and Brett Ritchie to Arizona

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Troy Stetcher is a AHL calibre player.

Wrong

 

[Kranix]

He hasn't been in the AHL since 2016 and has played 436 games in the league since then.

No one's claiming he's this massive upgrade, but he was a third pairing defenseman for a Canucks team that played 17 games in the playoffs. So clearly he has some value.

If you search up the Yotes and Canucks board about Stetcher, most people were under no illusion he was anything but a third pairing guy, but they liked his play and didn't want him gone.

He's preformed very well on the 3rd pairing since coming in. Generating shots too. He looks engaged, showing poise holding the line, making some moves. He probably sees this as an audition for next year, too.