Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, 2008, kimanin sa'o'i uku kafin ranar ƙarshe na cinikin NHL, an yi musayar Richards zuwa Dallas Stars a cikin yarjejeniya mai ban mamaki (tare da mai tsaron gidan Johan Holmqvist) a musayar mai tsaron gidan Mike Smith, cibiyar Jeff Halpern, winger Jussi Jokinen da kuma 2009
zaɓe na zagaye na huɗu. 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.