Cal Ritchie's Nine-Game Audition With Avalanche Starts Tonight

How he performs will determine whether he stays or goes back to junior

Denver, or Oshawa, Ontario? For Cal Ritchie, how he performs in the next nine Colorado Avalanche games will determine what city he’ll list as his main residence for the next seven months or so.

Avs coach Jared Bednar said as much this morning on his weekly show on Altitude radio. The rules are thus: the Avs are allowed to play their 2023 first-round pick nine regular-season games before having to make a decision on his 2024-25 status.