Richards is FA Bust

At the end of PHL8, RW Mike Richards signed the most lucrative FA contract in the history of the PHL.

1 Mike Richards 1- R RW 8 7 9 9 9 8 9 8 9 9 5 90

How has he followed up that contract? In his first season with the Rockies, he finished 5th in team scoring, netting well under a PPG pace.

F 1 Mike Richards 80 25 30 55 7 6 2 1 1 227 56 11.0

The Rockies management team and coaching staff struggled all year to find him the linemates to get him going. Before this season, they decided to give him more of a leadership role and named him Team Captain, thinking it might be the tonic he needs to really start to play up to his potential. This has proven to be a poor tactic, thus far. In the first 14 games of PHL10, Richards has looked like a borderline PHLer on most nights. He again finds himself 5th in team scoring, but an even slower pace than last year.

F 1 Mike Richards 14 3 3 6 -4 1 0 0 0 31 7 9.7

It has been rumored that Richards may now be 'on the block', with the Whalers and Flyers mentioned as possible destinations for the under-performing, super-star.

For the Colorado Complainer, this has been Nathan Livingston.