Nick Ritchie brings more career penalty minutes than games played to Toronto, but the big man can play, and a full season will give a tinkerer like Sheldon Keefe plenty of time to figure out where he fits best. (lukefoxjukebox)
Now both Boston castoffs will be gunning for shifts alongside the Leafs’ superstars., the big, bruising Ritchie is more likely to injure.
What the Orangeville, Ont., native, 2015 world junior gold medallist and former Soo Greyhound brings is a rugged element the Leafs’ forward core had been lacking and another low-cost option for coach Sheldon Keefe to try in his top nine. The light-checking Leafs are importing a forechecker a former box lacrosse champion who has averaged 2.54 hits per game in his career and is coming off his most productive goal-scoring season .
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