{"id":118207,"date":"2021-09-08T17:16:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T21:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=118207"},"modified":"2021-09-08T17:16:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T21:16:24","slug":"flames-sign-brad-richardson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/09\/08\/flames-sign-brad-richardson\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Flames Sign Brad Richardson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran forward <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/richabr02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brad Richardson<\/a><\/strong> has a home for the season, signing on with the Calgary Flames.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bringing in Brad \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Flames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Flames<\/a> have signed Brad Richardson to a one-year contract: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FDV9Q7VvVO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/FDV9Q7VvVO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4y0606ssEb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/4y0606ssEb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLFlames\/status\/1435689861038628866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Richardson to Calgary<\/h2>\n<p>The 36-year old Brad Richardson is joining his sixth NHL team as the Flames are leaning on age to get them into the playoffs. Richardson does bring a Stanley Cup ring with him, won with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/kings\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a> in 2011-12. Outside that, it&#8217;s going to be all the worst jobs dropped into his lap. The centre has a ton of experience, which is what the team will rely on above else.<\/p>\n<p>Over his 825-game NHL career, he&#8217;s scored 107 times on his way to 246 points. Outside of his surprising &#8220;Cy Young-nominee&#8221; 2018-19 season (19 goals, 8 assists) with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_self\">Arizona Coyotes<\/a>, scoring is not on the menu.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means<\/h3>\n<p>In a season filled with question marks, Calgary has as good a chance as any to make the playoffs. They don&#8217;t have much of a choice, after six years of getting dropped in the first round or not making the second season at all. The challenge is to make noise after getting out of a relatively weak Pacific Division, not just clawing their way to May.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson is likely stepping into <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/froesby01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Byron Froese<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s spot on the fourth line, though he does cost $75,000 more. It&#8217;s not exactly the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/eicheja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Eichel<\/a><\/strong> deal the fan base is hoping for, but he does play a physical game that should endear him to coach <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sutteda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darryl Sutter<\/a><\/strong>. That physical play has meant an extensive injury history, including for two long stretches last season. If he can keep healthy, he can certainly help the Calgary Flames. He&#8217;s a veteran penalty-killer, something the middle-of-the-road Flames could use if they have playoff aspirations. 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Bringing in Brad \ud83d\udcaa The #Flames have signed Brad Richardson to a one-year contract: https:\/\/t.co\/FDV9Q7VvVO pic.twitter.com\/4y0606ssEb &mdash; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) September 8, 2021 Richardson to Calgary The 36-year old Brad Richardson is joining his sixth NHL team as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3171,"featured_media":118211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,4547,4548],"tags":[3282],"class_list":["post-118207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flames","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-brad-richardson"],"modified_by":"Jake Rivard","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}