Saarijarvi signed to an ELC. Likely playing with flint this year.
It sounds like Richards is fucked for picking his jersey number

“I had 19 when I first started in the NHL, at different levels before that,” Richards said. “When I was in juniors, I couldn’t get 19 because an older player had it, so I wore 39. I had to wear 91 in Dallas, because 19 was retired.”
19 - Yzerman
39 - Hasek
91 - Fedorov