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Originally Posted by Johnny Utah
Richards played with Powe and Carcillo in Philly and still had a great year. So stop blaming his linemates. Great players make other players good.
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If you are talking last year, this is a flat out lie. Carcillo averaged 7:45 a game in ice time in 2010-2011 while Powe got 12:17. Richards earned 18:52. He may have played with them but more than half the game at least he didn't have to be saddled with Carcillo, and he had nearly 7 minutes a game free of Powe as well. If you are going to state a lot of that was powerplay time, You may be right, but then his linemates would have been guys like Carter, Giroux and Briere, right?
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Originally Posted by Johnny Utah
Hatter, you're my boy but did you see the Flyers game tonight? Schenn has 5 hits and 2 were game changers...the Flyers got size, youth and grit in Simmonds and Schenn...we got 5'10" Richards who has been invisible recently and makes quite a chunk of money. Our depth is depleted on the 3rd line, in the AHL and in next years draft because of this deal.
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We traded two players and got one back. A net loss of one player doesn't deplete any teams depth to the levels you describe. And for the record, Schenn may have had a good game but where has he been much of the season? four points in 19 games and only the great Harry Zolnierczyk has a worse plus/minus ratio per game than Schenn. You think we'd be better off with Simmonds and Schenn than Richards right now?
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Originally Posted by Johnny Utah
This team is just flat out boring to watch.
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Then don't watch. Easy solution.