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Originally Posted by Cole436
If he's been getting help and he wants to turn his life around, a player like Richie would unquestionably be of service to this team. The Flames have given quite a few players who were perceived as washed up (Huselius, Nolan, Bourque) a chance to succeed and it's worked. For the player that Richards was (and if he's been committed to getting help), I'd do a one year contract without even thinking twice.
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Saying Bourque was washed up when we got him is a stretch. Maybe you were thinking of Tanguay, who was coming off a bad year?
As for Richards, I'm not interested but I'll leave that judgement up to Treliving.