[News] UPD: Canucks claim Richardson from Flames off waivers

[GioforPM]

Richardson - 37 years old, and maybe the bottom guy that was hardest to pin down as far as role. I know what Lucic, Lewis and Ritchie bring, I know what Ruzicka, Monahan and Dube bring. I even knew what Pitlick brought. Richardson was just sorta there.

[howard_the_duck]

Poor Richardson. Taken out of a playoff race as a warm body.

[CSharp]

Damn, that sucks with Nucks picking up Richards!

[Reggie Dunlop]

So Toronto is looking for a goaltender. Again.

[sa226]

I thought he was a great 13th forward. A centre too that can win faceoffs. Obviously not a huge part of the group as far as on ice play goes, but he is a guy that could come into a playoff series in a pinch hitting role and give you some good minutes if another guy is banged up.

kinda dissapointed TBQH which is crazy, I know.

Trust the wizard and the farmer.

[Strange Brew]

That's too bad. This only makes sense if another player being added today otherwise you exposed him for no good reason.

This isn't shocking really, Flames are a good team. Shouldn't be surprised that other teams would think Flames depth is an upgrade over what they have.

[Blaster86]

Richardson is and has always been a strong face off guy. He's a former Canuck and is familiar with some of the guys on the team.


Unless there's a trade coming that moves out a center, not sure where he fits?


Miller
Pettersson
Horvat
Lammiko
Dickinson


now Richardson

[Reggie Dunlop]

Richardson is one of those aging plugger types that inevitably end up in the coaching ranks in some capacity.

[Wish They Could Win]

Originally Posted by FBI

Pretty surprising! How much cap do we save?

I don't think that we save anything. His whole cap hit would have been buried in the minors. The net result is we just have less call up depth now.

[Ducay]

Any thoughts if the Sateri move was intentional on TOR's part (ie they knew he'd get picked up coming over) or they are actually short a goalie now?

[tvp2003]

Was wondering if he cleared. Too bad — seems like a solid guy to have waiting win the wings as playoff depth.

[bubbsy]

That kinda sucks. I really liked him as a 4th line C, moreso than monahan, given the type of play that is expected of the 4th line.

[Vinny01]

Hopefully the Flames replace the depth they lost here trying to free up space.

[Parallex]

Meh. I don't really have anything to add beyond that he was just a warm body here, I hope for his sake that he gets to dress more there then he would have here.

[agulati]

Originally Posted by CSharp

Damn, that sucks with Nucks picking up Richards!

No no. It was the son.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by Ducay

Any thoughts if the Sateri move was intentional on TOR's part (ie they knew he'd get picked up coming over) or they are actually short a goalie now?

If he was meant as a depth move for the Marlies playoff run, they probably could've gotten him on an AHL-only deal.

[powderjunkie]

Losing Brad is less concerning since Jarnkrok is actually playing C, but I think I'd rather have him than Ritchie.

[FlamesAddiction]

Surprised someone claimed him, but I guess that puts Ruzicka closer to being called up, so that's not a bad thing IMO.

[devo22]

weird one. Was 100% sure he'd clear, and it makes even less sense given it's the Canucks.

[agulati]

Originally Posted by devo22

weird one. Was 100% sure he'd clear, and it makes even less sense given it's the Canucks.

History with the team. TheHockeyGuy on YouTube was speculating that the Canucks might claim him.