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Mike Richards IV: Started From The Bottom, Still Here *MOD WARNING Post #194*

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This is one of the advantages of moving the ahl guys here next year, can workout guys whenever they want without upsetting the arm chair GM's they have here,
 
Perro said:
Stoll has been brutal but I would not want to subject him to waivers ... Why risk losing anyone to waivers if you do not have to
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If Stoll is sent down, is he really subject to the waiver rules since the trade deadline has passed? I'm not clear he could actually be claimed by another team; the rules get somewhat fuzzy once the deadline passes. Does anyone know for sure?
 
Since Mike Richards got sent down Jan 26th.

Stol: 18GP 1G 0A 1P -6.

Hmmmm.

Not the Defensive dynamo people try and make Stoll out to be. Fact is, Richards/Stoll have both failed to make the Kings better this season, they can't provide what Sutter wants.

It's why Nick Shore's ice time keeps increasing.
 
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moosehead81 said:
If Stoll is sent down, is he really subject to the waiver rules since the trade deadline has passed? I'm not clear he could actually be claimed by another team; the rules get somewhat fuzzy once the deadline passes. Does anyone know for sure?
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I don't know for sure but I think he could be claimed but if claimed he would not be eligible to play in any playoff games with his new team as he would need to be on their roster at the deadline.
So maybe he wouldn't get claimed as he's a UFA, or maybe a bubble team picks him up to help get them in.
 
And to clarify that wasn't me on Twitter asking that was a worker at Toyota Sports Center my friend took a screen shot of that tweet and sent it to me
 
Perro said:
but then who goes down?
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I think the roster would be ok as is, or if it was an issue they'd wait for the playoffs and bring up some other youngsters along with him. judging from Stoll's putrid performance last night, I'd have to think he's the one that would sit
 
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Strong rumor: I have a friend of a friend of an enemy that works at TSC, said some interesting things are going on. The boxing room in the back where Kings/Lakers guys go to get some more intense workouts is apparently being refitted with chain link fence. I'm guessing a Stoll/Richards cage match for 4C is in the works, and that's undoubtedly why Richards is in town.

Less credible rumor: Doan is in town well early before their game next Monday to work as cut-man/ring physician.
 
Well if he is coming back it better be for Stoll, Shore's play, especially in the defensive zone has earned him a job in LA.

Stoll/Richards/Andreoff at this point are all awful options as the 4C, but unless they move Lewis the Kings are stuck with one of these clowns playing a regular shift.
 
Perro said:
I don't know for sure but I think he could be claimed but if claimed he would not be eligible to play in any playoff games with his new team as he would need to be on their roster at the deadline.
So maybe he wouldn't get claimed as he's a UFA, or maybe a bubble team picks him up to help get them in.
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Makes sense since someone also told me today that a player can, in fact, be traded after the trade deadline but the players in the deal cannot take part in the play-offs. Thanks.
 
Who knows what is going on though, it could be that the Kings know one way or the other they owe this guy a ton of money and they want to see where he stands physically before this summer when they have to decide just how they go about getting rid of this. These results may be something that a potential trade partner would want to see? Maybe they are looking for something that could warrant LTIR, you never know.

I believe once the season ends that Richards is under no contractual obligation at all to do any kind of testing unelss he agrees to it. Who knows how good his terms are with DL and management, if you were demoted from your job and shipped across the country to New England a couple of days after getting engaged you may not be the happiest guy in the world and could easily say screw you with regards to returning to LA for testing once the Monarchs/Kings season ended.

The Kings are 12-6-1 and Richards former linemates are playing the best hockey of their careers since the demotion, I just don't see a reason to bring him up, we'll see though.
 
kingsfan said:
Figured I'd quote this so that it doesn't get lost when you try to delete it after Ron's revealed as a saint or something.
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The only thing I've ever seen him post on this board is talking **** about Mayor's Manor.
 
Herby said:
Who knows what is going on though, it could be that the Kings know one way or the other they owe this guy a ton of money and they want to see where he stands physically before this summer when they have to decide just how they go about getting rid of this. These results may be something that a potential trade partner would want to see? Maybe they are looking for something that could warrant LTIR, you never know.

I believe once the season ends that Richards is under no contractual obligation at all to do any kind of testing unelss he agrees to it. Who knows how good his terms are with DL and management, if you were demoted from your job and shipped across the country to New England a couple of days after getting engaged you may not be the happiest guy in the world and could easily say screw you with regards to returning to LA for testing once the Monarchs/Kings season ended.

The Kings are 12-6-1 and Richards former linemates are playing the best hockey of their careers since the demotion, I just don't see a reason to bring him up, we'll see though.
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Given their record over the past 19 games, I don't see a reason for recall either, just like I don't see a reason to bring him across the continent, missing 3 Monarch games and all for a couple of days of conditioning testing. The team's back late Thursday night, early Friday morning and playing Saturday evening. If Richards is still around when the Kings go back to skate (Saturday morning?), I'll be even more surprised. It may be nothing more than what we assume- a look at his conditioning and get him out of here before the team returns.

If not, then it might not be a stretch (depending on his conditioning) to see him back on the active roster by Saturday evening. The thinking may be he's sat in the corner with the dunce cap on long enough.
 
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