LeafsNation75
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Prior to the Flyers trading Mike Richards to the Kings, it was reported he was almost traded to the Leafs for Nazem Kadri and Nikolay Kulemin. At that time Kadri was not as established as we see him today and Kulemin was coming off a 30 goal season. From what I remember Brian Burke told Paul Holmgren he wanted to talk it over with his management group and while that happened Richards got traded to the Kings instead. With hindsight I say it was a good thing the trade with the Leafs never happened, if we are to assume Richards production kept going down while he was in Los Angeles.