Nick Ritchie

This deal adds a player from the Coyotes' second defensive pairing and third forward line to play likely lesser roles in head coach Darryl Sutter's Flames ...

Mackey has just 19 games of NHL experience but played exceptionally well in the AHL last season, to the tune of 36 points in 53 games. He’s another big, heavy forward for Sutter to work with, and should add some possible goal-scoring touch to their lineup as well as some more skill than what his brother has been able to provide the Flames. The 29-year-old is operating on an expiring league-minimum salary and has nearly 400 games of NHL experience. [Dennis Gilbert](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/g/gilbede01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-03_hr) and has the versatility to be able to fit into roles on the Flames lineup as they might pop up as the season goes on. As for Ritchie, his inclusion gives the Coyotes an experienced body to fill the role his brother has left behind. [Walker Duehr](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/duehrwa01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-03_hr)’s role on the team’s fourth line. As for the Coyotes, the most significant element of this deal they are receiving seems to be Mackey, a 26-year-old blueliner who the team can retain beyond this season as a restricted free agent. With over 400 games of NHL experience, Stecher is an upgrade for the Flames’ bottom pairing over He’s averaged over 13 minutes of ice time per game this season including over two minutes on the power play, and has scored nine goals and 21 points in 58 games this season. As for Stecher, the team is acquiring a 28-year-old on an expiring $1.25MM cap hit. [Troy Stecher](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/stechtr01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-03_hr) and forward [Nick Ritchie](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/ritchni01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-03_hr) from the Arizona Coyotes, [per Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli](https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1631749365323759620), in exchange for [Brett Ritchie](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/ritchbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-03_hr) and [Connor Mackey](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/mackeco01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-03_hr). Ritchie, 27, is on an expiring $2.5MM contract and will provide useful depth to the Flames’ forward corps while also potentially taking

The Arizona Coyotes have traded Troy Stecher and Nick Ritchie to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Connor Mackey and Brett Ritchie.

The Coyotes get Brett Ritchie and Connor Mackey in return in the deal.

He’s played just 10 games this season, with two goals and an assist for three points that ties his career high from his first season in 2020-21. Nick Ritchie has been churning along at his usual production rate, with 9 goals, 12 assists, and 21 points in 58 games this season. Stecher and Nick Ritchie were pending UFAs for the Coyotes, so as sellers they were looking to bring in assets for them.

The Calgary Flames have made a second swap of deadline day. Per Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, the club has acquired defenceman Troy Stecher and forward ...

He was added by the Flames as a free agent in 2020 after attending camp on a pro try-out. Mackey, 26, is a left shot blueliner with a $912,500 cap hit who’s a pending Group 6 unrestricted free agent. He was a second-round pick by Dallas in 2011. He was a first-round pick by Anaheim in 2014. He was signed by Arizona as a free agent during this past off-season. He was originally a college free agent signing by Vancouver.

The Calgary Flames acquired Nick Ritchie and Troy Stecher from the Arizona Coyotes in a late trade deadline move.

This season he has six goals and eight points in 34 games. The 28-year-old was averaging 16:59 a night in Arizona and Calgary will be his fourth team. Adding the 6-foot-3, 236-pound left wing adds a physical presence in the bottom of the lineup and a scoring threat. He struggled at times during his time in Boston under former coach [ Bruce Cassidy](https://thehockeywriters.com/docs/bruce-cassidy/) and found himself on the fourth line in the 2021 playoffs. He is six goals shy of his career-high that he reached with 15 in 2020-21 with the Boston Bruins. Nick Ritchie and Troy Stecher we dealt from Arizona to the Calgary Flames for [Brett Ritchie](https://thehockeywriters.com/docs/brett-ritchie/) and Connor Mackey right before the 3 o’clock deadline.