Will Calum Ritchie's breakthrough season be enough to make the Avalanche?

As the Colorado Avalanche are entrenched in their playoff push, their top prospect is about to make a Conference Finals appearance of his own. Drafted 27th overall in the 2023 draft, Calum Ritchie has lived up to the first-round billing so far in his D+1. In fact, Avalanche GM Chris MacFarland has even called him the Avs 2C of the future, but what does that timeline look like? I talked to Brian Willsie of Avs player development staff to find out.

What player development really is, is relationship building ... with Cal it's been great. He's a great kid so it's been a lot of fun to work with him from day one.

Ritchie has dominated the OHL this season putting up 80 points in 50 games c...