The Arrogant Worms Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article/former-nhler-nick-ritchie-suspended-eight-games-in-finnish-league-for-punching-opponent/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Nice league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Cowardly actions going at a guy like that when he is down. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteyBOI Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 39 minutes ago, The Arrogant Worms said: https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article/former-nhler-nick-ritchie-suspended-eight-games-in-finnish-league-for-punching-opponent/ the refs should be suspended 16... makes me love how good the NHL refs are... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwarrior Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Gotta love how nobody, not even the ref did anything till he was punched like 6 times in the back of the head. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Arrogant Worms Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 I remember when some Canucks fans wanted this guy on our team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drive-By Body Pierce Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenspear Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 He didn't like the gold helmet. Side note, why was that guy wearing a gold helmet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 9 minutes ago, Chickenspear said: He didn't like the gold helmet. Side note, why was that guy wearing a gold helmet? The gold helmet is worn by the team’s leading scorer. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 (edited) Ritchie and his brother will end up being used car salesmen once no team in the world ever signs them again. Edited December 31, 2023 by Elias Pettersson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwarrior Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 52 minutes ago, Elias Pettersson said: The gold helmet is worn by the team’s leading scorer. Nothing like painting a target on your leading scorer when an idiot like that is running around your league. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHLer Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Ah the good old 2014 NHL draft class. Featuring houshold names like Michael Dal Colle, Jake Virtanen and yours truly, Nick punch em 6 times while they're down Ritchie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Always thought he was a meathead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, Kragar said: Always thought he was a meathead. Quote This is going to sound like sour grapes from a Boston fan but I don't give a shit. Ritchie is one of the worst players I've seen in a Bruins sweater in a long time. He routinely made me question what it meant to be a Boston fan, he tested my patience and my ability to root for my boys on a routine basis. I can excuse a lot, that's what sports fandom is, right? It's a place to be biased and petty and stupid in a safe little sandbox of biased petty stupidity. But suck me sideways Thick Dick Nick made it a chore. I can handle guys lacking talent but playing with heart, I can handle a lack of heart in crazy talented guys, I can handle the staggering room temperature milk mediocrity of guys like Lee Stempniak, but Thick Dick Nick is none of those things. He plays the game like someone trying to egg you on into taking a swing at him. He skates with the urgency of an old lady shopping for canned beats, but with half the speed. His hockey IQ is on par with Brett Favre's. I'm assuming Brett Farve has never played hockey, correct me if I'm wrong. Nick constantly skates around like he's surprised he's at an NHL game and then glides back to the bench (probably from the penalty box for a stick infraction) with the dim look of Lenny from Of Mice and Men. Then he sits there like a melting chocolate Santa, with his hair inexplicably sticking up through the vent in his helmet, waiting to be surprised by his next turn to get on the ice. Consider this: He scored 15 goals last year, found some dangerous ice as a PP scorer, and Bruins fans were debating if he would be a good 4th liner or not this year, because our 4th line was that fucking bad, and Ritchie was the only skater who could conceivably make it worse. He scored 15 goals for us and we weren't sure if he would be a good replacement for Chris fucking Wagner, the surly hobbit of the TD garden. Nick Ritchie is a bigger contributor to the decline in cardiovascular health in Boston fans than smoking and obesity. He's the equivalent of a double bacon cheeseburger on your system. He is hockey diarrhea. The guy takes the stupidest retaliatory penalties you've ever seen. He is complete invisible until you need a momentum swing, goes "Got ya boss" and cross checks someone in the neck and bumbles off the ice like Abbott and/or Costello while simultaneously shrugging and bitching to the refs and the guy he blindsided. I'm sure he's not a bad guy IRL, I don't mean for this to be a character assassination. I'm sure he has family and besides Brett they probably don't suck. This isn't about kicking a player on their way out; let the record reflect that every Boston fan has a few memories of cursing his name and that we started kicking him long before he was down. (See also the general well wishes for Kuraly upon his departure.) Nick isn't a goon, he's a bad boyfriend. He'll score a couple of goals one week and you'll think he's turned a corner and then he'll hit on one of your friends and tell you to chill out because he's just being friendly. Don't buy the hype, be fucking aware. I am ecstatic that Ritchie wasn't held onto as a sunk cost, and that Toronto signed him. There you go, that's your analysis. One of the legendary posts of r/hockey. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Miss Korea said: One of the legendary posts of r/hockey. Wow, tell us how ya really feel, there. That guy had a lot to say Considering the turds on that team that he likely has/does cheer for, that's saying something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJCF96 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 With the season on the line, Darryl Sutter send him out to take a shot in the shootout ahead of guys like Toffoli and Lindholm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 48 minutes ago, Kragar said: Wow, tell us how ya really feel, there. That guy had a lot to say Considering the turds on that team that he likely has/does cheer for, that's saying something. There is nothing more amusing than listening to a sports fan talk shit about their own team. When a Bostonian does it, it's an instant classic. Seeing as how Ritchie got moved around a lot, it was universally agreed upon by all Ducks fans, Leafs fans, Flames fans, and desert dog fans that this guy was indeed diarrhea incarnate. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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