[News] Kings terminate Richards contract. UPD: Kings and Richards reach settlement

[Looch City]

Maybe he bet that Hamilton would land in Calgary, won $100mil, and consequently blew it all in Vegas in one night.

[heep223]

Originally Posted by Hackey

I'm not saying this is what Mike Richards did but say he bet money on the Stanley Cup is that against the rules even though he isn't playing or have anything to do with the game? Can NHL players never bet on the NHL while they are players or would it be allowed if they had nothing to do with the game?

That doesn't really fit the narrative of ESPN being "shocked" when they heard what happened.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Hackey

I'm not saying this is what Mike Richards did but say he bet money on the Stanley Cup is that against the rules even though he isn't playing or have anything to do with the game? Can NHL players never bet on the NHL while they are players or would it be allowed if they had nothing to do with the game?

Wasn't there an incident on better with Gretzky's wife? I recall players were involved, but don't recall any of them with terminated contracts...

Vanek had something last year but it just blew over too, right?

[sureLoss]

Mike Richards was moonlighting as a Toronto radio host while under contract with LA.

[DJones]

Originally Posted by H2SO4(aq)

A quick google search reveals that Mike Richards was doing stand up and called a black guy the N-word repeatedly. Not good if true.

Haha. Nice throwback

[fredr123]

https://twitter.com/DennisSwane/stat...48940168351744

Dennis Swane
‏@DennisSwane
@mlse TSN 690 in MTL indicated they were told that Richards "had an incident at a border crossing". P.McGuire confirmed it w/o more details

Stuff trickling out on Twitter and elsewhere on the internet about a "border crossing" incident.

[zyzz]

Oh man... Can't wait to see this unfold

[Gaudfather]

Eric Macramalla TSN legal analyst comments here;

http://www.tsn.ca/radio/ottawa-1200/...kings-1.321374

His first comment was that most often professional sports terminations fail to void contracts and that arbitrators take a very dim view of the attempt. He said the only successful case in MLB was where an Astros player tried to strangle the GM.

He then says he has learned of the reason for the Richards termination - he will not state it as he cannot confirm it - but he says while it is "interesting" and while it "got my attention" he does not believe it is sufficient to warrant termination.

Says the NHLPA cannot let this precedent stand. Look for a big fight from Don Fehr.

This gets curiouser and curiouser!

[burn_this_city]

If he was caught with drugs at the border he might be inadmissible to the U.S. going forward. That would put him in breach of his contract. It would also make him incredibly stupid in light of Stoll being busted recently.

[Looch City]

Man I can't wait for next week's Border Security episode.

[Hackey]

Originally Posted by heep223

That doesn't really fit the narrative of ESPN being "shocked" when they heard what happened.

Which is why the very first thing I said was "I'm not saying this is what Mike Richards did..."

I just had a general curiousity since gambling had been brought up in the thread.

[OILFAN #81]

Carter was at the border and was like guys I think we should have a Pepsi party. Stoll and Richards look at each other and say......we prefer Coke!

[Hackey]

Aiyoooooooo!!!!

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Details now leaking out, matter of time before the dam bursts. STOP TEASING! I hate non-sports sports stories usually but this one's juicy.

[jayswin]

Where's a good place to look for more details and speculation right now?

[FireGilbert]

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by Iggy City

Man I can't wait for next week's Border Security episode.

Hmm he probably tried to bring over 20 raw chicken heads.

[Mike F]

I'll be sorely disappointed if this thread doesn't end up being as fun as RUMOR: Ugly news out of Montreal tomorrow, featuring such memorable posts as:

I dont want to go through all the pages but can someone tell me if the accusations of habs player(s) drugging an ungerage girl and being in a prostitution ring is true?

[Hackey]

Originally Posted by H2SO4(aq)

A quick google search reveals that Mike Richards was doing stand up and called a black guy the N-word repeatedly. Not good if true.

[Mccree]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Hmm he probably tried to bring over 20 raw chicken heads.

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