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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
The funny thing through all this crying is that if the LAK didn't terminate his contract, Mike Richards might have been a Calgary Flame instead of Dougie Hamilton. So... thank god the LAK terminated his contract.
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That's a pretty big stretch. By all accounts, Lombardi didn't find out about Richards' problem at the border until just prior to the start of the Draft, which was hours after the Hamilton trade was made.
Acquiring Hamilton was not Treliving's Plan B.
If anything, acquiring Richards would likely have meant the Flames wouldn't have gone after Frolik. Without knowing the details of what Treliving and Lombardi were discussing for a Richards trade, it's tough to say whether or not it would have been a good deal (Richards' legal issues aside).