There is no win to blow a hole in your cap structure spending 28 million for the next five and a half seasons for a guy who's a replacement level player.
It's honestly dumb founding that so many people are just ignoring the last three years. Richards decline is step and unrelenting.
Here's an analogue, did you ever make fun of the Oilers for signing Shawn Horcoff for five years at 5 million? Well you're essentially advocating that the flames do the same thing for a worse player.
I truly think that a large percentage of posters just never watch other teams except when they play the Flames our late into the playoffs.
Richards is done. There is no hope he can return to a top six player.
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