Old Faces, New Places

The big fish in the free agent pool was lured from Dallas to Broadway by a nine-year, $58.5 million contract and the chance to reunite with coach John Tortorella, with whom he won the Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay in 2004. Richards, 31, is a topflight playmaker and powerplay quarterback who is expected to jumpstart sniper Marian Gaborik on a high-octane first line.