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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Stoll was caught with an 8 ball of coke and over 8 grams of MDMA in gel caps form, which would probably be about 30ish caps since the recorded weight included the caps. He was originally charged with a felony.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu...214816824.html
He plead guilty to those as misdemeanours because he got a wickedly good Vegas lawyer who was able to reduce it from a felony. That sounds like more then ''a couple pills in a bottle'' that Sureloss quoted. Maybe it's because of the State he was arrested in, I have no idea how it works in the USA. But seems to me Stoll got off much lighter even though he had much more in his possession. |
I wouldn't assume the "source" quoting what was found is accurate. As much as this source's opinion is he had a few pills, my opinion is he may have had enough to make Stoll look like a minor league partier.
Think about it. Mike Richards gets stopped at the border like any normal person and ends up having his vehicle searched and all they find are a few pills? Logic says something led them to believe there was a reason to search that closely. It's not hard to get past border officers if you have a few pills hidden in your pocket. So there is a reason, be it an obvious sign of drugs or a reasonable suspicion based on information received, or communication from customs, that this particular person needed to be pulled aside and detained. That information to some degree may eventually come out and I suspect those stating there are just a few pills could be surprised.
As to Dean Lombardi being too loyal, I think there's merit there as a legitimate criticism. I think he would admit that. That's why he didn't give up on Richards two years ago and that's why he feels responsible for what Voynov did and has stated that he and the Kings organization failed to educate him. While these things may bite him in the ass, I hope he still treats players as real people and not just assets. Like I said before, he had opportunity to get rid of Richards with no penalty but gave him one last chance.
Lighter note, I'm just glad for the Flames fan in me that he wasn't traded here.