Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, 2008, kimanin awanni uku kafin ranar ƙarshe na cinikin NHL, an yi musayar Richards zuwa Dallas Stars a cikin yarjejeniyar cinikin (tare da mai tsaron gidan Johan Holmqvist) a musayar mai tsaron gidan Mike Smith, mai tsaron gida Jeff Halpern, mai tsaron gida Jussi Jokinen da kuma
Zaɓin zagaye na huɗu na 2009. Richards ya kafa tarihin kungiyar Stars na mafi yawan taimakawa a wasan farko na dan wasa tare da biyar; rikodin kuma shine mafi girman aiki ga Richards. A wasan, Dallas ta doke Chicago Blackhawks 7 zuwa 4, kuma an zabi Richards a matsayin tauraruwar farko ta wasan.