Brad Richards
Brad Richards
Bradley Glenn "Brad" Richardsis a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre in the National Hockey League. Richards was drafted in the third round, 64th overall, by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and played for the Lightning, New York Rangers, Dallas Stars, Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth2 May 1980
achievement franchise huge step win
It's huge to win the division. It's another step for this franchise and another important accomplishment.
ahead care extra gained games huge moved points regular teams
It's huge to get that extra point. We don't care what other teams are doing. That's just like a regular two points for us. It's a win. No other way to put it. With 29 games left, we gained a point (on Toronto) and moved up two points on the teams ahead of us.
goes quality
Isn't it funny? After all the quality chances, that one goes in.
chances plays power
They probably had more chances on our power plays than we had.
cap reason salary
There was a reason we didn't want a salary cap that low, especially for our team,
heard
I heard he was here. Did you see him?
canada months next season talk teams three
Canada is Canada. We all talk about how we could have two teams and we probably could. We all know the next three months of the NHL season will tell the tale.
build came early goal good hard looking power ready saw
They came at us pretty hard and it was a good pace, and you could tell they were ready to play the game. They get the early power play and you're looking to kill it off. To get a goal was a boost, and you saw us build on that to get a 4-1 lead.
far
It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished.
cup fight hearing last move needed saw sick talked teams tonight
This is great. We talked about getting closure. I think we all needed that. It's been a while. Not that we're sick of hearing of it, but we've got to move on. It's not our Cup anymore. We saw it tonight for the last time, and now we'll fight like the other teams to try to get it.
catch chance corner given instead might
That might have given me a chance to deke instead of shoot, but I did catch it out of the corner of my eye.
challenge lost marty mathematics rocket science
Everybody's doing the math, it's not rocket science to see what it means. ? We've already lost Nikolai Khabibulin and now it's going to be a big challenge to get Marty signed.
anybody beat good team
I don't want to say that we have their number, ... They're a good team and they can beat anybody any night.
deal facing game sounds sure team wide
I know this sounds like a cliche, but we've got to keep it simple. We've got to play an up-and-down game and make sure that we're going north/south. I know that the team we're facing is going to try to go wide on us, but we're just going to have to deal with that.