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Originally Posted by Locke
I cant see this being a 'Hail Mary' by the Kings. Theres just no way that makes sense.
Lawyers dont tend to throw 'Hail Mary' passes because everything Lawyers do has consequences.
"Hey lets just try throwing this crap at the wall and hopefully the lawyers representing him are so stupid they'll just take our word for it and we'll win!!"
It doesnt typically work like that. They must think they've got a serious case because they know what the alternative is. It isnt just; 'well that didnt work, I guess we buy him out' and then everything else is forgotten.
Theres a lot of time, money and consequences, both personal and professional, on the line here. For everyone.
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Yesterday my initial reaction was that the Kings were trying to get out of this and found some loophole, which is a good indication of why I'm not a lawyer I suppose! The Kings have something here for the reasons you give as well as the fact that Richards team has said nothing.
I read peoples re-cap of the draft where Lombardi was over talking to Treliving and Chiarelli right after he found out, the fact that the NHL agrees with the Kings on this and now of course word that the RCMP is investigating and it doesn't seem like a shot in the dark any more. I have no idea whether its enough to void a contract (and that will take a huge amount of wrangling and fighting to determine), but its not just "he was out of shape" or something trivial like that.