I am not a lawyer but don't need to be one to see the Kings motivation here. I would imagine the Richards camp would point to lack of a precedent for termination of a contract.
In my workplace, top performers are often given a second chance. I have some sympathy for the Kings position that they don't have to treat every player the same if they were arrested. They could argue this guy has been screwing up for a while and they are done giving him chances.
But I guess in the end, this is more about contracts than employment law. As a Flames fan it burns me that they could get out from under a cap killer contract.
Could you imagine if Flames had taken on this guys contract?? Treliving would be scrambling to make a deal to get under this years cap and next year would be a disaster. I suppose if rumors were true and Flames were asking for Toffoli then Frolik would not have been signed.
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