Richards and Iginla may have had incredible chemistry, but Richards managed 66 points(40 odd apples) next to Marian Gaborik who is one of the most dynamic goal scorers in the game. I don't think he does much better than that(Iginla managed 32 with Tanguay, I'd say he'd be like a 40 goal guy with Richards at best). Can you honestly say that last year's team plus Richards(minus Jokinen who was a 60 point guy for us - I know not the greatest with Iggy) is all of a sudden a cup contender? No.
So is a guy who'd be making 7.1 million for the next 9 years(our offer was 64 for 9) good value when he's the wrong side of 30 and s ~70 point player in his first year? No.
It's a bad contract, it was only ever going to be good for the first 5 years at best and people want to say we can't judge Feaster for this? We dodged a bullet, and it's absolutely a blemish on his already stained resume.
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