Mike Richards RUMORS & NEWS

CSN Philly "It's an image Flyers fans likely dreamed about for years: Mike Richards and Jeff Carter lifting the Lord Stanley over their heads, kissing the NHL's most-prized possession and ending a long drought for a Cup-deprived city. Except in the dream, Richards and Carter weren't wearing Kings' black..." June 12

L.A. Daily News "For New Jersey Devils coach Pete DeBoer and Kings center Mike Richards, the road to the Stanley Cup came through Kitchener. DeBoer coached Richards there for four seasons as head coach of the Ontario Hockey League's Rangers, including a Memorial Cup-winning season. He was also an assistant..." May 30

CSN Philly "In the City of Brotherly Love, Flyers fans will watch the Stanley Cup finals through gritted teeth and buyers' remorse over pricey authentic jerseys of their former stars that hang in the closet with little reason to see daylight. Former captain Mike Richards and former standout Jeff Carter are..." May 30

Courier-Post "Richards and Carter still have a hard time believing how their lives were turned upside down when they were separated last June when the Flyers traded them to different teams on the same afternoon, then again when they were reunited in February. Now, against crazy odds, their Kings, seeded eighth..." May 30

Boston Herald "Memorial Cup winner. Olympic gold medalist. World Junior champion. Stanley Cup champion. All that is missing from the glittering resume of Los Angeles Kings center Mike Richards is the fourth item, and he came within two victories of holding the Cup two years ago with the Philadelphia..." May 28

Los Angeles Times "Upon further review, and the helpful distance of about three months, Kings center Mike Richards considered the wisdom of taking on someone about six inches taller and 35 pounds heavier. That would be a certain Phoenix Coyotes forward named Martin Hanzal. "I don't know what I was thinking,"..." May 12

Los Angeles Times "Upon further review, and the helpful distance of about three months, Kings center Mike Richards considered the wisdom of taking on someone about six inches taller and 35 pounds heavier. That would be a certain Phoenix Coyotes forward named Martin Hanzal. "I don't know what I was thinking,"..." May 11

Los Angeles Times "The gaps between goals grew longer for Mike Richards than seemed possible for one of the NHL's premier two-way centers, capped by a 26-game famine from mid-January to mid-March. There's more to his game, but the Kings needed him to fortify what they tried to pass off as an offense. And he knew..." April 13

Ottawa Citizen "If Mike Richards was having a tough season, you'd never have known it in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Canucks Richards had a part in three of the Los Angeles Kings' goals – including creating the late winner in a 4-2 win over the Canucks. Richards blocked Canuck defenceman..." April 12

CSN Philly "I said to myself I wasn't going to write about this, but after hearing it I felt compelled to say something. Yes, Mike Richards. The fans have gotten over his and Jeff Carter's departure, as least as far as I know. I have yet to hear a complaint on Facebook, Twitter, or even when I'm..." February 26

Los Angeles Times "For Mike Richards, there are many questions and few answers at this stage of his recovery from a head injury suffered Dec. 1. Such is the nature of a concussion. The Kings aren't using that word — just as they did not do so last season with Drew Doughty. But they, and Richards, are showing..." December 11

Courier-Post "A teenaged girl stood directly behind the Los Angeles Kings bench with a crown on her head and a sign in her arms: "Mike Richards always my captain, now my King." In the same row, another young girl proudly pressed a billboard against the glass: "Richie you will always be a Flyer in our..." October 16

Los Angeles Times "Center Mike Richards was still torn about being traded from Philadelphia to Los Angeles a month after the surprising deal was done. His perspective changed after he took a stroll along a South Bay beach. "I started thinking it's not a bad place to be and not a bad place to start a new career,"..." July 28

TSN.ca "Mike Richards is already looking ahead to a new future with the Los Angeles Kings, but the young centre was firing back at the past on Tuesday at a story that said he and former teammate Jeff Carter were traded out from the Philadelphia Flyers because of excessive partying. A report written in..." July 27

L.A. Daily News "Five hours after learning he'd been traded from the Philadelphia Flyers to the Kings, an emotional Mike Richards said he still was trying to picture himself in a Kings uniform. For the Kings, it was much easier. General manager Dean Lombardi reached into the Philly pipeline again Thursday and..." June 24

Courier-Post "They were drafted by the Flyers on the same day, June 21, 2003. Jeff Carter was taken with the 11th pick overall and Mike Richards at No. 24. They won a gold medal together for Canada in the 2005 World Junior Championships and later that spring sipped from the Calder Cup as rookie members of..." June 24

CSN Philly "Chris Pronger wanted to know if a certain reporter was on the line during a conference call Thursday morning. The Flyers' top defenseman had just been asked to respond to the recent finger-pointing at team captain Mike Richards, and as it turns out, he had taken offense to one story that..." May 27

Philly.com "THEY HAVE to do it now, don't they? Even if they want Mike Richards to remain captain, even if their internal discussions conclude that this team's fading finishes in two of the last three seasons were no fault of his, haven't the Flyers introduced a virus into their system with their tepid..." May 18

Philly.com "It seemed like things couldn't possibly get worse for Mike Richards. Not after the Flyers captain scored just one goal in 11 disappointing playoff games. Not after he hurt his wrist and struggled to overcome the injury. And certainly not after he was forced to have surgery following the Flyers'..." May 16

Courier-Post "On Monday, Flyers coach Peter Laviolette called it a "witch hunt." On Tuesday, general manager Paul Holmgren called it "a bunch of crap." The daily saga over whether Mike Richards should retain his captaincy in the wake of the Flyers' disappointing four-game sweep at the hands of the Boston..." May 11

Philly.com "Paul Holmgren did not mince words. After perusing the Flyers' daily newspaper clippings, Holmgren knew the questions were coming - about his plans for the offseason, his team's injuries, and, most importantly, his team's mental makeup and leadership. Holmgren tried to set the record straight..." May 11

Philly.com "Five Flyers will have off-season surgery, general manager Paul Holmgren announced Tuesday _ and that doesn't include defenseman Chris Pronger, whose back condition is still being evaluated by doctors and isn't expected to be known until later in the day. The five: Mike Richards (wrist),..." May 10

Courier-Post "Flyers defend captain after lackluster series Could Mike Richards have played his final game as the Flyers' captain? Could he have played his final game as a Flyer? A year ago, those questions would have been considered preposterous, and even today they may draw the ire of Flyers' general..." May 10

Philly.com "Grilled for 40 minutes by reporters on subjects ranging from his use of goalies to Mike Richards' captaincy, Flyers coach Peter Laviolette smiled wryly when the session ended Monday at the team's Voorhees practice facility. "Well, that was enjoyable," he said, sarcasm dripping. During the..." May 10

Philly.com "The Flyers will learn Monday whether defenseman Chris Pronger and center Mike Richards need offseason surgery, general manager Paul Holmgren confirmed Saturday. An injured back and leg kept Pronger sidelined for the last three games of the Boston series. Richards played the latter part of the..." May 08

Philly.com "SOMETIME on Monday, between his pregame nap and his pregame meal, Mike Richards tried to put himself in the right frame of mind. "You go over things that you want to do in your head," Richards said. "Certain plays that you go through in your head and what you want to do." On Saturday, in..." May 04

Philly.com "At two of the most critical points in the Flyers' 3-2 overtime loss to Boston on Monday in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, Mike Richards was exactly where he wanted to be. With little more than four minutes remaining in the third period, and again early in overtime, the Flyers..." May 04

Philly.com "The hit that Flyers captain Mike Richards delivered on the Sabres' Tim Connolly in Sunday's Game 6 will not warrant a suspension, or even an NHL disciplinary hearing, according to reports from Craig Custance of the Sporting News and Nick Kypreos of Rogers SportsNet. The Flyers likely would have..." April 26

Philly.com "He should have known better. In a game in which Dan Carcillo was punched in the face by a goalie and pounded to the ice by a defenseman without retaliation, a game in which so many of his teammates took numerous unreciprocated hits to the back trying to tie the game, the captain should have..." April 21

Philly.com "IF YOU HAVE EVER coached a little-kids soccer team, you know that you spend about 85 percent of the time yelling two words: "Spread out!" (The other 15 percent of the time is spent making sure somebody brought the oranges.) Before every practice, you put the kids in positions, mostly based upon..." April 18

Courier-Post "Allen Iverson and Mike Richards may have more in common than many think. One day after missing practice with what he called a head cold, Flyers captain Mike Richards downplayed his much-publicized absence following Thursday's morning skate. "Just a little bit of a headache when I woke up..." April 15

Courier-Post "Mike Richards had fans, writers and the Internet buzzing Wednesday when the Flyers conducted their final practice before the playoffs without their captain on the ice. "It's unusual to not have Mike here because he's here every other day of the year," Flyers coach Peter Laviolette said. "We..." April 14