Posts About "Nick Ritchie"
Anaheim Ducks Forward Group Lacking
September 20th, 2018 A new season of NHL hockey is upon us and a familiar conundrum is facing the Anaheim Ducks. Does this team have the top-end forward talent to be an elite team? The Ducks have consistently been a good team, having won the Pacific Division title in five of the last six years and ended last season with 101 points, despite injuries to key...
Ducks, Ritchie at an Impasse
September 15th, 2018 Coming into this offseason, the Anaheim Ducks had three key restricted free agents (RFAs) to sign. After inking two critical players in Brandon Montour and Ondrej Kase, it seemed that talented but underachieving forward Nick Ritchie would be a relatively pain-free signing. Alas, as training camp has opened, the 22-year-old Ritchie...
Nick Ritchie: Time for the Ducks to Move On?
September 7th, 2018 With 186 NHL games under his belt, it's safe to say that Nick Ritchie has not yet panned out for the Anaheim Ducks. The 6'2, 226-pound forward has put up 26 goals and 33 assists since he first took the ice in the 2015-16 season. While these numbers aren't abysmal, they're not quite as high as Ducks' fans and staff hoped when he was...
Assessing the Ducks' Salary Cap Situation
July 15th, 2018 Coming off a tumultuous season that culminated in a rough opening-round sweep against the San Jose Sharks, the Anaheim Ducks are looking to avoid an extended downward trend into non-contender status. To do that, they will need to, among other things, maintain enough salary cap flexibility to lock up their young talent while also being...
Ducks Drill Down: Terry Joins the Comeback Kids
March 27th, 2018 ‘Ducks Drill Down’ is a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. From a standings standpoint—and that's all that really matters for the Anaheim Ducks right now—it's been a successful western Canada road trip so far. The Ducks have collected five of a possible six points heading into...
Ducks Hampered by Penalty Differential
March 14th, 2018 With Monday night's 4-2 home loss against the St. Louis Blues, the Anaheim Ducks fell out of playoff position not too long after their fortunes seemed to be taking a positive turn in the midst of a 9-2-2 month-long stretch from Feb. 6 to March 6. The loss to the Blues, though, was Anaheim's third straight, wiping out much of the progress...
