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Detroit Red Wings: Thoughts on Richards and Green

Hockeytown was abuzz when they heard the Detroit Red Wings had signed two decent players in one day. That hasn’t happened in a long time.

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Green added a much-needed right-handed defenseman and Brad Richards was experienced center that could add to the core of the team and could help the transition between Euro Twins to the new generation.

Detroit Red Wings fans realized that in Chicago, Brad Richards was #91, which is the same number as Sergei Fedorov. There has been a campaign to retire Fedorov’s jersey for a while now and if Richards took #91 when he came to Detroit, he would ruin it.