According to a tweet from Katie Strang, Brad Richards said that he isn’t very optimistic about mediation and he said that right now he is “scared for the game.

Pat Leonard tweets Richards saying that he doesn’t see what a mediator will do if the NHL sticks to its word of their previous offer being their last offer.

The full quote, via Leonard, is ”Players are very together, all asking real questions, all want to know where it’s going. We’re scared for the game.”

#CBA Richards questioned NHL's bargaining position, said league's "concessions" are "biggest crock I've ever heard."—
Katie Strang (@KatieStrangESPN) November 27, 2012