Thank You: Brad Richards (Announced His Retirement Today)
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GeorgeKaplan
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Decent career that saw 3 SCF appearances and two cups as well as several personal accolades and awards as well. Barley average as a Ranger. Enjoy all your millions in retirement.
RangerBoy
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Richards would be entering the 6th season of his 9 year contract with the Rangers.
Richards would not have retired but the Rangers would have the $6,666,667 cap hit on their books.
Maybe he would have retired next summer when the salaries dropped to $1M per.
Cap recapture.
The Rangers set him up with the nice retirement package. He still gets the signing bonus money from the original 2011 contract and the buyout money. Richards got a $4M bonus check this month from the Rangers. He gets $5M as part of the buyout this season. $9M.
https://www.capfriendly.com/players/brad-richards
Richards would not have retired but the Rangers would have the $6,666,667 cap hit on their books.
Maybe he would have retired next summer when the salaries dropped to $1M per.
Cap recapture.
The Rangers set him up with the nice retirement package. He still gets the signing bonus money from the original 2011 contract and the buyout money. Richards got a $4M bonus check this month from the Rangers. He gets $5M as part of the buyout this season. $9M.
https://www.capfriendly.com/players/brad-richards
mrhockey193195
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Man, what a magical season 11-12 was. As was 13-14 and 14-15. But 11-12 was the first season where everything seemed to go right since 05-06, maybe even since 93-94.
NickyFotiu
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Will never forget Brad Richards' clutch tying goal with 6.6 seconds left to force OT where Staal blasted home the game winner.
We were 6.6 seconds away from being down 3 games to 2 in the series and on the brink of elimination. Brad Richards and Marc Staal changed that.
I remember it clear as day:
Rangers get a 4min powerplay from Ward sticking Hagelin in the face and making him bleed, leading to...
Faceoff win to Cally who shoots it, deflects to the corner; Gaborik recovers it back to Girardi over to Del Zotto who shuffles it down to Cally who throws it towards the net. It gets blocked a couple times, Cally does a great job to stay with it getting a few whacks to keep the puck in a danger area for the Caps and then Richards somehow finds it and puts it through Holtby's armpit, off the crossbar and in.
What a play.
He was clutch in 2003-2004 when TBL won their cup (obviously the Conn Smythe winner) and he was a big part of Chicago's most recent win; I particularly remember his quick no-look pass to Kane for a one-timer for a crucial goal in the final game before Duncan Keith scored to seal it.
Great player.
I was and still am sad that we were basically forced to buy him out because the NHL changed the rules after the fact.
Congrats on an amazing, clutch career, Brad, and best of luck to you in your second career. I could see him being a scout or even a GM one day.
#Clutch
We were 6.6 seconds away from being down 3 games to 2 in the series and on the brink of elimination. Brad Richards and Marc Staal changed that.
I remember it clear as day:
Rangers get a 4min powerplay from Ward sticking Hagelin in the face and making him bleed, leading to...
Faceoff win to Cally who shoots it, deflects to the corner; Gaborik recovers it back to Girardi over to Del Zotto who shuffles it down to Cally who throws it towards the net. It gets blocked a couple times, Cally does a great job to stay with it getting a few whacks to keep the puck in a danger area for the Caps and then Richards somehow finds it and puts it through Holtby's armpit, off the crossbar and in.
What a play.
He was clutch in 2003-2004 when TBL won their cup (obviously the Conn Smythe winner) and he was a big part of Chicago's most recent win; I particularly remember his quick no-look pass to Kane for a one-timer for a crucial goal in the final game before Duncan Keith scored to seal it.
Great player.
I was and still am sad that we were basically forced to buy him out because the NHL changed the rules after the fact.
Congrats on an amazing, clutch career, Brad, and best of luck to you in your second career. I could see him being a scout or even a GM one day.
#Clutch
SA16
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We weren't exactly forced to buy him out. He was bought out because his play was awful and getting worse in combination with his huge contract.
NYRFAN218
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Realistically, he should have been bought out after 2013. Horrible season + couldn't run the risk of having an injury that would have prevented him from being bought out after 2014. Thankfully, it wound up working out very well for us holding onto him for 1 more year.
His tenure here was underwhelming in a production sense but he came through with some of the biggest moments in quite some time for this team and for that, thank you Brad.
I remember during the 2013 playoffs against Boston Kenny Albert flat out saying Richards can barely skate and shouldn't be out on the power play.
mrhockey193195
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