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While the big stars of the NHL teams around the league deservedly get the headlines, there are plenty of depth players and journeymen who make their way around the league wherever they can play as they try to carve out a career.

The Boston Bruins are no different, with stars like Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak playing this season but also lesser-known players like Justin Brazeau and Oskar Steen wore the Spoked B this year.

After most recently covering forward Carl Soderberg as one of many obscure former Bruins players, today I’ll be touching on another forward. Let’s learn a little more about Brett Ritchie.

Brett Ritchie was chosen by the Dallas Stars in the second round of the 2011 NHL Draft while playing in the OHL.

He made his professional debut in the AHL in 2013 and debuted in the NHL with the Stars in 2014-2015, scoring six goals and adding three assists for nine points in 31 games.

Dealing with injury and assignments to the AHL in 2015-2016, Ritchie only played eight games that year.

He then went on to play 78 games in 2016-2017, 71 games in 2017-2018, and 53 games in 2018-2019, ending his Stars tenure with 33 goals and 21 assists for 54 points in 241 games.

After 2018-2019, Ritchie was not extended a qualifying offer by the Stars, making him a UFA.

Don Sweeney and the Bruins decided to scoop him up, signing him to a one year, $1 million contract to give them another fourth line physical forward.

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