TAMPA, Fla. – Former Tampa Bay captain Dave Andreychuk talked of the 2004 Stanley Cup-winning Lightning, players from that team arriving to watch Game 1 tomorrow.
“Yeah, I heard that. I didn’t get a call yet,” Brad Richards said to laughs.
Richards has been to Tampa plenty of times since he was traded from the Lightning to the Dallas Stars in 2008. But for Richards, who helped the Lightning win that 2004 Cup and who won the Conn Smythe Trophy for his individual efforts, to have the chance at another Cup – this time with the Blackhawks – and to see his former teammates is something special.