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Originally Posted by Beatle17
Seeing as how we are playing the "we are all legal experts" game, because of what happened last summer when he was given the second (third/fourth/fifth?) chance and he ####ed up AGAIN, and suppose he was already in a treatment program with the Kings support and got caught, then the Kings are allowed to void his contract. Richards issues date back his Philly days, where he was given a chance to cut out the partying but chose not too and was traded away. A leopard doesn't change his spots.
The telling thing should be no statement at all from the NHLPA. IF, and this is a big if, they are going to file a grievance on his behalf they would have already made a generic statement about a players innocence at this point. To come out with the "we are gathering information" line is funny, what is there to gather, either he didn't get busted for allegedly trying to transport drugs or he did.
I hope the Kings are cleared in all this and Richards is punted from the league.
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Not sure where you got this information, but according to the article I linked teams do not have the right to terminate a player's contract because he failed a rehab program multiple times.