Calum Ritchie’s first NHL trail run with the Colorado Avalanche has come to an end.
Colorado Avalanche center Calum Ritchie in the third period of an NHL preseason hockey game Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in Denver. The Colorado Avalanche sent its top prospect back to Oshawa in the Ontario Hockey League, the club announced Wednesday. Ritchie, a 2023 first-round pick and one of the top forward prospects in the sport, had one goal in seven games for the Avs.
Ritchie made the team out of training camp, in part because three key forwards were missing and a fourth was injured on opening night. He’s shown flashes of the high-end skill that could make him a star someday, but also did not look ready for the pace and physicality of the NHL consistently. He began the season on the second line, has played more on the third recently and spent a lot of time not playing at all in the third period when coach Jared Bednar decided to shorten his bench.
Ritchie would be eligible to join the Eagles or return to the Avalanche after his OHL season is over. The Avs recalled Chris Wagner, likely to take Ritchie’s place in the lineup Thursday night in the club’s first-ever game against Utah Hockey Club.
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