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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Exact same situation? Where we have a player who is constantly out of shape, known to be out partying and drinking hard, and despite numerous warnings and meetings, does not stop or change his habits to better his career... then, he stopped producing at his job to the point he was hurting my team and creating a distraction...AND has a huge contract in both dollars and term... THEN he does something illegal that allows me to get out of his contract?
I would have no problem with that, but I personally do not have a sympathy for someone who retires on the job and still collect fat paychecks. Those opp
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Do we even know if the Kings have such a player? As far as I know the party issues were in Philadelphia and there are lots of players across the league that aren't in the shape their teams would prefer they be in. How come the Kings never bought out Dustin Penner? I can guarantee that Richards has never been in as poor shape as Penner (had a beer belly for crying out loud) was with the Kings.
The thing is that a teams don't care about things like this as long as they think the player can help them win as the Ducks promptly signed Penner after his Kings contract expired. The Ducks knew they were getting a lazy player but thought he was worth $2 million if he could score goals for them. The minute the player stops playing well the teams then focus on his issues but this isn't the NFL and teams can't have their cake and eat it too. They accepted the risks and it won them two Stanley Cups and now it's time for the Kings own up to and live with the residual payment.