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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Why does that matter?
If you work in a profession that employs a doctor to look after their staff, and those doctors prescribe a painkiller like Oxy to an employee, that ends up in that employee being addicted to painkillers, then that employer should have a responsibility to that employee.
In the Richards case it is yet to be determined if he had a prescription at the time of arrest, or if he was ever granted a prescription that led to the addiction, but if that is the case then the Kings have some responsibility here.
If he went out and purchased the drugs illegally without any previous team prescription then they would not be responsible.
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I think there is joint responsibility likely in an NHL situation when a player ends up taking pain killers. There is far too much, "the team made them play" angle being thrown out there when it comes to a lot of these situations IMO. I'm sure the team does want them to play (although in Richards situation who knows, the team didn't seem to mind him not playing recently) in many cases, but the players also push to be in the line up too, and there is an element of responsibility that lies with them as well, everyone needs to be responsible for themselves also.
Rumours (and I'll stress rumours as I don't know) about Richards and his "behaviour issues" have followed him around for years, and LA certainly doesn't appear to be the first organization to have issue with the way he conducts himself. We obviously don't know for sure, but I'm far from willing to assume LA is acting in an less than moral or above board way when it comes to this situation, and more than willing to give them the benefit of the doubt until more details come out considering the subject in discussion is Richards and has as mentioned before at least rumoured consistent behaviour issues.
I'm just waiting, for the conspiracy theories to start where we theorize that LA actually orchestrated all of this and got him addicted on purpose so they could terminate his contract.