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Originally Posted by Passe La Puck
Why do people keep saying the Kings were being classy not using their compliance buyout? They were being cheap! He would've got paid for not playing and could've signed with another team. Not using their compliance buyout was 100% selfish because they either thought he could be a good player or figured they could cheat their way out of cap and payout.
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Phil Anschutz has plenty of money. Paying off Richards wouldn't make a dent and would have been the easy way out. But there was an agreement made to keep Richards and someone didn't hold up his end of the agreement. Do you really think THIS is easier than writing a check? If ownership and management had any idea how badly Richards might stumble they would have most certainly given him the 20 mil, sent him on his way and rejoiced at the cap space a year ago, possibly two years ago.