I'm a little surprised at how many think the team should carry all the burden for this bad contract and absolve Richards from any personal responsibility.
If a player isn't even attempting to live up to his contract, which seems pretty likely in the case of Richards given the amount of smoke over the years, I'm ok with a team being able to free themselves of said player.
Bettman's suggest term cap of 3-5 years? Can't remember which, looks pretty wise in any case.
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