Stars front-runners for Richards
The signing of
Dan Boyle was the first big piece of the puzzle that Lightning General Manager Jay Feaster needed to put into place in a game plan devised to help retool a team that sits last in the Eastern Conference and is all but assured of missing the playoffs for the first time since the 2001-02 season. The next piece could be moving
Brad Richards. With Tampa Bay's big four locked into big-money deals - Marty St. Louis ($5.25 average salary), Vinny Lecavalier ($6.75 million), Boyle ($6.67 million), Richards ($7.8 million) - the math doesn't add up to retain all four players long term. While Canadian outlets have reported that Richards has submitted a list of teams he would be willing to waive his no-trade clause to move to, Dallas is believed to be the front-runner in a package that could include goaltender
Mike Smith as the central player coming in return.
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