Thomas DeFranzo is an experienced mechanic and entrepreneur who has owned Tommy’s Twin Mill Garage in Windsor, Connecticut, since 2011. In that time, he has built life-sized replica Hot Wheels cars and won multiple car show awards. Beyond his professional endeavors, Thomas DeFranzo is a fan of the National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins.
In an effort to improve its roster ahead of the 2020 trade deadline, the Bruins acquired power forward Nick Ritchie from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Danton Heinen on February 24. A 6-foot-2, 230-pound native of Ontario, Canada, Ritchie was selected 10th overall by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2014 NHL Draft and accumulated 109 points in 287 regular season games with the team. He had 19 points in 41 games prior to the trade, while Heinen had 22 points in 58 games.
Heinen is a fourth-round pick of the Bruins who recorded a career-best 47 points in the 2017-18 season, but has seen a decline in production in each of the following two seasons. Both players are signed through the 2020-21 season, but Ritchie has a lower salary cap hit at $1.5 million compared to Heinen’s $2.8 million.
This was the second trade in less than a week between the two teams. On February 21, the Bruins traded David Backes, Axel Andersson, and a first-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft to the Ducks for forward Ondrej Kase.
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