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Originally Posted by foshizzle11
Lombardi was quite honest and up front with the Richards situation as recent as the draft in June with fellow GMs. Mainly Treliving and Chia in Edmonton.
Imagine we traded for this guy when the Kings GM knew all about his legal issues. I can imagine the backlash on here, I am sure this trade would have been reversed or something by the NHL if they found the Kings knew about his situation and didn't share it.
http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-...ded-in-mystery
I know this is an older article, so my apologies for posting if it already has been.
I also found it interesting that they still have a cap hit from his cancelled contract:
Anyway, I agree that the Kings are in fact just trying to get rid of a bad contract instead of following the NHL's drug policy, ie getting him help and suspending him with pay based on what we have heard so far. Maybe there is other evidence that we don't know about and the Kings have a case. So far, this doesn't seem likely.
What date was the contract cancelled and when is the 60 days up? I think this topic is only going to get hotter!
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Hypothetically, how many years should a player be in the substance abuse program before a team draws a conclusion that the player has not chosen to follow through with rehab?