Yardbarker: Brad Richards

Schneider gloves 45 shots in Canucks' road loss

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:54:40 -0500

DALLAS(AP) Brad Richards scored midway through the second period, Brenden Morrow added a third-period power-play goal, and the Dallas Stars beat Vancouver 2-1 despite a 45-save performance by Canucks rookie Cory Schneider on Friday night.

Canucks' Schneider makes 45 saves in defeat

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:15:55 -0500

Brad Richards scored midway through the second period, Brenden Morrow added a third-period power-play goal, and the Dallas Stars beat Vancouver 2-1 despite a 45-save performance by Canucks rookie Cory Schneider on Friday night.

Canucks rookie stops 45 shots, still loses first start

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:12:00 -0500

Dallas Stars' Brad Richards to miss game

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:21:34 -0500

Stars center Brad Richards will miss at least Monday's game against Los Angeles with a sore groin.

Brad Richards Q&A

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:23:00 -0500

DallasStars.com recently caught up with Stars center Brad Richards, who talked about his summer in Tampa, recovering from the injuries he suffered last season and the expectations for the club in 2009-10. ...

Tuesday Sports Rundown

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:07:35 -0500

Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Lakers look to roll over the Thunder, the Jazz get a visit from the Rockets, and the Habs aim for a win over the Thrashers. Tipping off on the hardwood . . . There are just four games on the NBA's schedule for Tuesday night, including Kobe Bryant and the Lakers on the road against Oklahoma City. Los Angeles got past Chicago 117-109 on Saturday night, as Bryant poured in 28 points to go along with seven assists, and Pau Gasol added 23 points. T...

On the Beat: Brad Richards out 6-8 weeks

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:14:35 -0500

What team beat writers are saying this The Dallas lines without an injured Brad Richards.

Well, That Didn't Take Long...

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:24:47 -0500

The Tampa Bay Lightning fired (or, as they say in England, sacked) Barry Melrose after just sixteen games. Lots of people predicted an unhappy ending to this marriage, but it's jarring to see a coach fired so early.
I don't agree with firing a coach any earlier than the midway point of the season. If I were the Lightning's attention-starved new owners, I'd have stuck with Melrose for two main reasons. First, Melrose is just learning the NHL game again after a long time away. When Joe Gibbs returned to the Washington Redskins, he had an awful first year, but it didn't take too long for him to catch up. We'll never know how Melrose would have adapted to the new NHL with more time. Secondly, and more importantly, the Lightning has undergone a ton of change over the past year. Between the eight free agents they added this summer and the three players acquired in the Brad Richards trade, just about half of the Lightning roster consists of new players who haven't learned how to play with each other. That's a tough job for any coach, let alone a coach who hasn't been in the NHL in thirteen years.
It's hard to say what happens with Melrose at this point. Nobody's going to hire him for a head coaching job after the failure of his Lightning stint, and ESPN seems to have moved on with Matthew Barnaby taking over the old Melrose role. The best option for Melrose might be to latch on somewhere as an assistant. He's got a good hockey mind and probably shouldn't have been fired just yet. But the Lightning were last in the league in goals per game and were struggling to stay competitive in an awful division, so the Lightning did what they felt they had to do. After seeing how such a move impacted Washington just one year ago, it's easy to see why they acted now.
So, once again, our world is without Barry Melrose. Which means the NHL Network, now unable to show the Barry Melrose-Carrie Milbank ad, is going to have an awful lot of ad time to fill. "Scouting, scouting... always scouting." Not anymore, Barry. Our reward? More ads for the Iron Gym and Sonic Scrubber. Just what we all need.

Sundin won't waive his no-trade clause

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:23:28 -0500

Not that he was going to be a Flyer anyway, but the hottest commodity at the NHL trade deadline is now off the table. Mats Sundin of the Toronto Maple Leafs refused to waive his no-trade clause, meaning he will stay with Toronto for the remainder of the season. It was widely speculated that Sundin, who will be a free agent after this year, would be traded to a contender and then re-sign with the Maple Leafs for next season. I actually really respect Sundin for this decision, he is showing an ...

Brad Richards Update

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:33:49 -0500

Tampa Bay Lightning General Manager Jay Feaster shot down the earlier report today about a trade involving his center Brad Richards with those teams that have the high first round draft pick (i.e. Phoenix, Chicago, Philadelphia). Richards is not going anywhere and Feaster is trying to get players to play with him in Tampa Bay. Therefore, Brad Richards will be in a Lightning sweater next season.

The horrors of success

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:21:27 -0500

A look at the Tampa Bay Lightning and the tough choices Jay Feaster has ahead of him to create some cap space. A run through of how the Bolts got into salary cap trouble right from birth of the new NHL CBA.