{"id":106921,"date":"2021-04-11T23:04:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T03:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=106921"},"modified":"2021-04-11T23:04:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T03:04:50","slug":"maple-leafs-acquire-goaltender-david-rittich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/04\/11\/maple-leafs-acquire-goaltender-david-rittich\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs Acquire Goaltender David Rittich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an unexpected move Sunday night the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/04\/11\/report-toronto-maple-leafs-acquire-nick-foligno-from-columbus\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> have acquired goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rittida01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Rittich<\/a>. In exchange for the goalie, the Leafs will be sending a 2022 third-round pick to the Calgary Flames.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TRADE: We\u2019ve acquired goaltender David Rittich from Calgary in exchange for a 2022 third-round selection. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LeafsForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LeafsForever<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Details \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9sLAeLvWvQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/9sLAeLvWvQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q2wJXOxdoZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/q2wJXOxdoZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MapleLeafs\/status\/1381436917502345216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Maple Leafs Acquire David Rittich<\/h2>\n<p>The Maple Leafs have just acquired another starting-calibre goalie to use down the stretch. Through 15 appearances the 28-year-old has gone 4-7-1. In addition, he has also posted a 2.90 goals-against average and a .904 save percentage. Rittich is on an expiring deal that holds a cap hit of $1.375 million.<\/p>\n<p>Undrafted, Rittich signed his current deal with Calgary in the summer of 2019 to bring some stability between the pipes. Last season he showed flashes of that, but couldn&#8217;t muster more than a .907 save percentage and a 2.97 goals-against average.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means For the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Rittich had previously been Calgary&#8217;s starting netminder but, as in the past, lost control of that title early in the season. This move seems to mark the slow tear-down process of the current roster in Calgary. The team had been slipping from its short-lived dominance through the better part of a year. They are currently 5th in a tough North Division playoff race and sits 6 points out from the Montreal Canadiens and their fourth spot in the division. The 2022 draft pick they receive is a much-needed piece going into what seems like a lengthy rebuilding process.<\/p>\n<p>The Maple Leafs have three goalies on their active roster at the moment. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/campbja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Campbell<\/a>, currently on a franchise-record win streak, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hutchmi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Hutchinson<\/a>, and now Rittich. This puts a huge backstop on the goaltending depth charts considering that pending free agent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/anderfr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frederik Andersen<\/a> is sitting on the team&#8217;s injured reserve list for the foreseeable future. How general manager Kyle Dubas and head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/keefesh01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheldon Keefe<\/a> intend to use their goalies prior to the trade deadline at 3 P.M. on April 12, as well as the remainder of the season, is unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"GKxW68GhQSdLwF4o55Cjrw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1231465272\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'GKxW68GhQSdLwF4o55Cjrw',sig:'441ZBhA1dQSVX7VJsmycT7hqicQtp5C7LnOq_rKuyNM=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1231465272',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an unexpected move Sunday night the Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired goaltender David Rittich. In exchange for the goalie, the Leafs will be sending a 2022 third-round pick to the Calgary Flames. TRADE: We\u2019ve acquired goaltender David Rittich from Calgary in exchange for a 2022 third-round selection. #LeafsForever Details \u00bb https:\/\/t.co\/9sLAeLvWvQ pic.twitter.com\/q2wJXOxdoZ \u2014 Toronto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3463,"featured_media":106931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,4547,34,4548,18],"tags":[6688,2975,5951],"class_list":["post-106921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flames","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","category-leafs","tag-2021-nhl-trade-deadline","tag-david-rittich","tag-toronto-maple-leafs-news"],"modified_by":"Josh Erickson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}