Taking a Look at Mike Richards Best Moments in Philadelphia
We are officially 18 days away from the Philadelphia Flyers opening night that takes place on October 13th 2022, the Flyers face the New Jersey Devils that night and it will give fans a chance to see what the so-called ''new and improved'' Flyers team will look like. Fans will get the chance to have their first look at newly acquired Flyers Tony DeAngelo, Nic Deslauriers and more.
Let's take a look at his best moments in a Flyers jersey, and also a career summary brought to you by Bleacher Report Philadelphia..
Mike Richards!!
He was constantly billed as the next Bobby Clarke, which is a lot of pressure to say the least. Richards never lived up to those expectations. He also had the captaincy thrust upon him before he was ready, which hampered his game and the franchise during his three-year tenure as team captain.
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However, during that stretch the team inexplicably went on Stanley Cup Finals runs after catching some breaks in the earlier rounds: namely, not having to face either the Pittsburgh Penguins or Washington Capitals in the postseason and then playing the eighth-seeded Montreal Canadians in the Conference Finals.
It was during that series that Richards played probably the best shift of his career.
Richards was a very good two-way player and logged a lot of ice time for the team. If the expectations of him weren't so incredibly high he probably would have been thought of better.
In the end his enormous contract would not match the third line center role that he'd be required to play with the emergence of star center Claude Giroux, and Richards was traded in the 2011 offseason after a disappointing second-round playoff sweep at the hands of the Boston Bruins.
Still there is a large portion of the fanbase that loved the guy.
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11 MAI | 82 ANSWERS Taking a Look at Mike Richards Best Moments in Philadelphia Is Mike Richards a top-10 Flyers player of all-time? | ||
| Yes | 34 | 41.5 % |
| No | 48 | 58.5 % |
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