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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
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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Is Richards really not attempting to live up to his contract? From the outside, I see a good hockey player that peaked early in his career. Maybe he's not the fittest guy but the suggestions that he is grossly out of shape or overweight don't seem to be based on specific evidence. I see him as more of a Cheechoo or Redden, but signed to a much longer contract when he was on top of his game.