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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
I think no matter what, the LAK will not see any more cap penalties other then the cap recapture penalties. I bet even if Mike Richards wins, it will be a financial settlement/win and it probably won't change re-validate the contract nor will it do anything to change the Kings cap situation.
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Maybe, but I wouldn't be so certain.
The other owners would weigh this as "precedence to terminate a contract over loose language", vs "Freeing the Kings from a tight cap situation" AND "paying less in penalties".
I imagine there's active communication between owners and Bettman around this.
Does Bettman have full endorsement to push on this contract termination language piece for benefit of the owners as a whole, OVER the short term benefit for a single team? Plausible.
Definitively? Surely, the next 30 days will establish that.