Arizona
Reports: Arizona Coyotes trade Nick Ritchie in package for brother Brett
The Arizona Coyotes have agreed to commerce winger Nick Ritchie and defenseman Troy Stecher to the Calgary Flames in trade for ahead Brett Ritchie, who’s Nick’s brother, and defenseman Connor Mackey, reports Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli and SportsNet’s Elliotte Friedman.
The 27-year-old Nick Ritchie has appeared in 58 video games and amassed 9 objectives with 12 assists in 43 penalty minutes. He was set to succeed in unrestricted free company and is on a $2.5 million contract for 2022-23.
Ritchie had performed for Arizona since 2021-22, when he was acquired midseason. The Coyotes nabbed the ahead and a draft decide in a commerce that shipped out Ryan Dzingel and Ilya Lyubushkin.
For Arizona this yr, Stecher has seven assists in 61 video games and 29 penalty minutes.
The 29-year-old Brett Ritchie joins the Coyotes having performed in 34 video games for Calgary this season. He has six objectives and two assists on the yr.
The older Ritchie brother has an expiring deal paying $750,000 in whole this season.
Mackey, 26, has performed in 10 video games this yr and simply 19 for his profession. He has two objectives and an help.
The commerce by the Coyotes wraps up a busy week of offers for normal supervisor Invoice Armstrong, who shaved the roster of expiring offers, piled on extra draft picks and took on parts of salaries for gamers both not enjoying or on different groups.