Brad Richards deals with second freak injury, says it's 'pretty hard to fathom'

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BY: Pierre LeBrun

On Saturday morning, we exchanged text messages with Brad Richards. The Dallas Stars center was excited about making a surprise early comeback from a broken right wrist that had kept him out five weeks.

He was supposed to miss six to eight weeks but was set to return, wearing a brace and willing to tough it out because his team needed the points in the wild Western Conference playoff race.

Several hours later, we thought it was a cruel joke when a phone call from Dallas informed us that Richards had broken his other hand and was out indefinitely. He'll need surgery Tuesday to fix a spiral fracture to his left hand.

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