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Mike Richards VI (UGH): The Armageddon Edition (MOD NOTE POST #1)

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Richie10 said:
There had to have been some evidence of distribution. There's no way this termination sticks otherwise.

I woke up today with a very different feeling about this entire thing than the day before. It all leaves a sour taste in my mouth, and I don't see how this doesn't affect the team for negative next year.

What a ****ing collapse. Typical LA Kings, though. Gave us the three best years in franchise history followed by this circus. We forgot how this works, I suppose.
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I think there's actually a chance this has a positive effect on the team next year. A couple bad influences are gone, and any other guys left on the team who are pushing the limits too much have to think they're being watched more closely. They may start to realize play time is over and it's time to reel in high risk extracurricular behavior. Lombardi's already thrown down the gauntlet as far as conditioning goes to Quick, Doughty and Kopitar. This just adds to the likelihood management is fed up with guys taking their place in the org for granted.

Maybe, maybe not. Just trying to be positive.
 
lumbergh said:
After the Stoll debacle, I can understand why Lombardi went straight to termination.
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Thing is Stoll and Voynov told the team immediately.
Seems Richards tried to hide this.
Team didn't find out for 10 (ish) days.
Don't know if that is a material breach but it is the only thing that we know of that makes it different
 
Reaper45 said:
Maybe it was someone else's prescription? Isn't his soon to be wife a doctor?
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Not engaged anymore. During the Jets playoffs there was an article that mentioned her dad (Jets team surgeon) , the family usually comes to all the games and the author noted Lindsay was no longer wearing the ring, and just said she broke off the engagement. Sure enough, she'd taken all the photos of them off her instagram and twitter. Some photos of her in May at a friends wedding with the new boyfriend, who she'd been 'linked with' for awhile. He' was from Winnipeg.
Shame for MR, close to 5 years as a couple and friends before that. But better now that afterbeing married, hard to do that with her practicing medicine in Winnipeg.
 
If Mike was using that stuff, that might provide some answers to his decline in play. Obviously we still don't really know that much. I know my friend back in Buffalo, NY can't go to Canada for ten years because he has a DUI. But he also isn't a professional hockey player nor does he work in Canada and US has different laws than Canada but I'm curious if he is charged with something relating to illegal substances, how that might impact his immigration status.

Anyway, still not much to discuss here since few details have been released.
 
deeshamrock said:
Not engaged anymore. During the Jets playoffs there was an article that mentioned her dad (Jets team surgeon) , the family usually comes to all the games and the author noted Lindsay was no longer wearing the ring, and just said she broke off the engagement. Sure enough, she'd taken all the photos of them off her instagram and twitter. Some photos of her in May at a friends wedding with the new boyfriend, who she'd been 'linked with' for awhile. He' was from Winnipeg.
Shame for MR, close to 5 years as a couple and friends before that. But better now that afterbeing married, hard to do that with her practicing medicine in Winnipeg.
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That's sad. Broken engagement and his hockey troubles? It's been a rough 2015 for Richards. But yeah, that's moving on pretty quickly from an engagement.
 
deeshamrock said:
She had been 'friends' with him for some time...hard to be a couple when you are in 2 different countries. Was surprised it lasted almost 5 years
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Just interesting that she'd take a fresh boyfriend to a wedding ceremony. That's usually a pretty big deal for a couple that just started dating you know?

But anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if a drug problem drove her off. If. I say IF again. Who knows at this point.
 
deeshamrock said:
Not engaged anymore. During the Jets playoffs there was an article that mentioned her dad (Jets team surgeon) , the family usually comes to all the games and the author noted Lindsay was no longer wearing the ring, and just said she broke off the engagement. Sure enough, she'd taken all the photos of them off her instagram and twitter. Some photos of her in May at a friends wedding with the new boyfriend, who she'd been 'linked with' for awhile. He' was from Winnipeg.
Shame for MR, close to 5 years as a couple and friends before that. But better now that afterbeing married, hard to do that with her practicing medicine in Winnipeg.
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Whaaaattt. I feel like they just got engaged.
 
Brad Doty said:
Via the precedents, doubtful if it's simply a bottle of pills.

But I feel like we're still missing large amounts of information. Especially since, as you said, DL and Solly wouldn't have entered this knowing damn well it was frivolous. The NHL also would have advised them against it so they at least feel like there's something to it as well.
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Having thought about it, I could actually see the league allowing it and seeing out how it plays. They could be the biggest winners of all if there's a precedent set allowing teams to terminate contracts for something like this, especially without an arrest(yet). That's one big step towards non-guaranteed deals. If it's overturned, nothing really changes for them, and it's the Kings who will be doing most of the fighting. They really don't lose in this one. The only negative is the PR that a player being involved in this brings, but that was coming anyway.

Still, DL wouldn't try and hit a home run here knowing he's more likely to strike out, right? Not with the possibility of Richards fully counting towards the cap. This surely can't be about just a few pills or something, not with what's at stake.

Either way, though, DL's going to be in tough if there's no arrest IMO.
 
Chain said:
Like Jeff Foxworthy said, a lot of women before they break up, they've already cut another pony off from the herd and if she's not riding him yet, she's at least pulled the saddle out of the barn.
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True enough that is.

Gibsons Finest said:
Having thought about it, I could actually see the league allowing it and seeing out how it plays. They could be the biggest winners of all if there's a precedent set allowing teams to terminate contracts for something like this, especially without an arrest(yet). That's one big step towards non-guaranteed deals. If it's overturned, nothing really changes for them, and it's the Kings who will be doing most of the fighting. They really don't lose in this one. The only negative is the PR that a player being involved in this brings, but that was coming anyway.

Still, DL wouldn't try and hit a home run here knowing he's more likely to strike out, right? Not with the possibility of Richards fully counting towards the cap. This surely can't be about just a few pills or something, not with what's at stake.

Either way, though, DL's going to be in tough if there's no arrest IMO.
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I assume the case for termination doesn't have to be one incident. DL could have a laundry list and this one being added to the end being the catalyst.
 
"Paul Friesen ‏@friesensunmedia 7m7 minutes ago
Source says Mike Richards was formally arrested at border crossing, not merely detained for questioning. Investigation now at two-week mark."

So he was arrested.
 
“@friesensunmedia: Source says Mike Richards was formally arrested at border crossing, not merely detained for questioning. Investigation now at two-week mark.â€
 
The concern I have for the team is did they have enough time to think all this through? They pulled the trigger in just a day or so. Not to mention this is going on all thru the draft and other trade stuff.
 
“@friesensunmedia: Sources tell Wpg Sun Mike Richards subject of OxyContin investigation. Held at least 4 hrs at Emerson border crossing in Manitoba, June 17.â€
“@friesensunmedia: Richards was detained while attempting to cross into Canada at Emerson. Manitoba Mounties conducting the investigation.â€

“@friesensunmedia: Richards has not been charged. A person with OxyContin pills and no prescription could face smuggling charge under the Customs Act… 1/2..â€

“@friesensunmedia: 2/2… or possession charges under the Criminal Code’s Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. OxyContin is a narcotic pain reliever.€
 
No no no no. This can't be it. That's not nearly enough to terminate a contract. OxyContin? That's laughable. My aunt got those for pain killers. There's absolutely no, zero, zilch way Lombardi's would terminate a contract for possession of OxyContin. What Voynov allegedly did is TEN times worse than this and DL never terminated his contract.

Please tell me there's more to this, please.
 
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