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Originally Posted by New Era
As was Voyonv and as was Stoll. Neither of them were dismissed for breach of contract. This stinks, and it stinks to high heaven. The NHL should be coming down on the Kings with everything in their arsenal. This makes a mockery of the CBA and the contracts they expect to enforce.
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Fully support any NHL team or any business for that matter to terminate contracts and employment of any team member or staff member who gets arrested for the crap Stoll, Voynov and "maybe" Richards did. I also support the teams right or any businesses right to not terminate the contract of said players or employees in those situations if they deem they would rather not and would prefer to work with the individual or explore other options. And most importantly I support the team or businesses right to chose different paths with different players and people and that they don't have to do "the same" for everyone. Whether there motivations are driven by the fact that maybe they've tried to work with Richards in the past or maybe it really is just them being opportunistic, I don't really care. They shouldn't have to remain tied to Richards if he has indeed been arrested for trafficking if they don't want, even if their main motivation is to rid themselves of his anchor, it's his fault for giving them an out. The union can step in and do its thing if it feels he's been treated poorly.
If I got arrested tomorrow for what Richards allegedly was, I'd lose my job and I doubt anyone one would be saying my employer was doing anything under handed. These athletes need to take some responsibility, and I do agree there is some form of buyer beware in the NHL cap world and you take risks and should do research on players and potential pitfalls that I don't think you should simply be able to walk away from cap wise, but for me that ends when they commit crimes, and I'm totally comfortable with the team taking different paths with different people as not all people need the same treatment.