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

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Ugh. I've been on vacation and just read through the last two threads on this. What a cluster**** it's been for the last couple of days. Can't wait to see what happens. It's like a friggin soap opera.
 
This is probably gonna sound a bit outlandish, but I'll throw it out there anyways. Wasn't Jones with Stoll when all that **** went down in Vegas? I wonder if Dean added him to that package in an effort to purge the roster of anyone with ties to that activity. Why would Boston want a goalie? Who knows with that GM though. Always thought it was odd to have Jones in that package opposed to simply trading him for picks. Maybe Boston wanted him though making the point moot.
 
Reclamation Project said:
This is probably gonna sound a bit outlandish, but I'll throw it out there anyways. Wasn't Jones with Stoll when all that **** went down in Vegas? I wonder if Dean added him to that package in an effort to purge the roster of anyone with ties to that activity. Why would Boston want a goalie? Who knows with that GM though. Always thought it was odd to have Jones in that package opposed to simply trading him for picks. Maybe Boston wanted him though making the point moot.
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I don't think it's outlandish at all. It sounds exactly like something Deano would do. He apparently didn't think Simmonds was a good influence on Doughty, and away he went. He didn't think Belanger was a good influence on anyone, and away he went. And so on...
 
When I got the notification on my phone I thought it was pretty odd that Jones was going to Boston of all places. I didn't really care because I knew he was a goner and loved that we got Lucic, but it just seemed like an odd destination. Like a throw in almost. Why not just trade him for a pick(s) to another team separately? It's a lateral move for a guy that wants more playing time. Then my mind eventually ended at that.

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Reclamation Project said:
This is probably gonna sound a bit outlandish, but I'll throw it out there anyways. Wasn't Jones with Stoll when all that **** went down in Vegas? I wonder if Dean added him to that package in an effort to purge the roster of anyone with ties to that activity. Why would Boston want a goalie? Who knows with that GM though. Always thought it was odd to have Jones in that package opposed to simply trading him for picks. Maybe Boston wanted him though making the point moot.
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Well Jones had been playing hardball with his contract asking more $$ as well as playing time. Neither two could come to an agreement, especially the dollar amount to an already capped out team. Rask's back up , Niklas Svedberg had gone to the KHL so they were in need of a back up. The other factors may have played into it, but I think it just came down to wanting more money and the Bruins need for a good backup.
 
Isn't Subban ready for that role though? Pretty sure he played in the AHL last year so he's close.

But we might also be overthinking this more than Don Sweeney and Cam Neely combined, lol.
 
Reclamation Project said:
Isn't Subban ready for that role though? Pretty sure he played in the AHL last year so he's close.

But we might also be overthinking this more than Don Sweeney and Cam Neely combined, lol.
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From what I read on a few boards, many of the front office guys weren't too impressed with his few games so far. He need more seasoning if he wants a full time job. It's funny how Jones wanted to play more, now he's with a guy who plays more than Quick. So goes the life of an nhl back up.:laugh:
 
I feel like every post in this thread should end with a dramatic stare into the camera like a soap opera. Like sands through the hourglass, so are the day of our lives...
 
The Tikkanen said:
I feel like every post in this thread should end with a dramatic stare into the camera like a soap opera. Like sands through the hourglass, so are the day of our lives...
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...all we are is dust in the wind
 
ScoreZeGoals said:
Yeesh, he thinks people will be shocked when it comes out what Richards did.
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It's as if the NHL and all of hockey media have decided to spend the summer winding us up as much as possible. 'Boy, you'll NEVER guess what that Mike Richards did! Holy cow! So incredible! This one simple trick to terminate a contract!"

Wish that someone'd just come out at spill.
 
Hatter said:
This guy has to be getting a paycheck from Feir.
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This wouldn't surprise me at all. Fehr is going to fight this, because he has to have the player's back.

I wonder if this attorney would ever find it acceptable to terminate a player's contract.

As I have said before, the owners will want to get rid of guaranteed contracts in the next CBA. It likely will happen. The owners aren't going to want to pay a guy $5M+ a season when his production drops off the table just a couple of years after signing a big money contract. The owners are going to insist on being able to cut players.
 
Seems to me like he's basing it on the precedent that only one contract in all of NA pro sports (if I understood it correctly) has been successfully terminated this way. Pretty silly to think he's in someone's pocket, as if that's gonna affect any verdict one way or the other.
 
Sounds like whatever it was, an MLB team has used a similar issue to terminate a players contract and was unsuccessful. Not sure if their CBA is dramatically different or not.
I have a feeling this will not stick and then we are really screwed as it sounds like trading Ricahrds was progressing nicely.
 
santiclaws said:
I don't think it's outlandish at all. It sounds exactly like something Deano would do. He apparently didn't think Simmonds was a good influence on Doughty, and away he went. He didn't think Belanger was a good influence on anyone, and away he went. And so on...
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What was the deal with Belanger? I've read a few things over the years where people expressed extreme dislike for the guy but didn't say why.
 
KINGS17 said:
This wouldn't surprise me at all. Fehr is going to fight this, because he has to have the player's back.

I wonder if this attorney would ever find it acceptable to terminate a player's contract.

As I have said before, the owners will want to get rid of guaranteed contracts in the next CBA. It likely will happen. The owners aren't going to want to pay a guy $5M+ a season when his production drops off the table just a couple of years after signing a big money contract. The owners are going to insist on being able to cut players.
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That's a double-edged sword for them though, isn't it? If contracts are not guaranteed, players will demand more money per year. The PA will fight that tooth and nail as well.
 
Reclamation Project said:
This is probably gonna sound a bit outlandish, but I'll throw it out there anyways. Wasn't Jones with Stoll when all that **** went down in Vegas? I wonder if Dean added him to that package in an effort to purge the roster of anyone with ties to that activity. Why would Boston want a goalie? Who knows with that GM though. Always thought it was odd to have Jones in that package opposed to simply trading him for picks. Maybe Boston wanted him though making the point moot.
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JOnes and Doughty were the 2 Kings identified, of the 14 from the Kings organization that were there.
I don't think it was the reason he was traded, he wasn't going to sign here because he wants to be a starter. He won't sign in Boston either for the same reason. Quite a few teams were interested in hm, waiting to see where Talbot went. He should get a pretty decent offer from one of the others, maybe even SJ

But themn again maybe Sweeney will move Rassk, he didn't have such a great year last year and he'd get $$ back, and make Jones his starter. They have 4 goalies including McIntyre, they need to move somebody.
 
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Isn't Subban ready for that role though? Pretty sure he played in the AHL last year so he's close.

But we might also be overthinking this more than Don Sweeney and Cam Neely combined, lol.[/QUOTE
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From what I've read here and again during the year, the Bruins organ. were underwhelmed by what they saw/or didn't in Subban's game.
 
KINGS17 said:
This wouldn't surprise me at all. Fehr is going to fight this, because he has to have the player's back.

I wonder if this attorney would ever find it acceptable to terminate a player's contract.

As I have said before, the owners will want to get rid of guaranteed contracts in the next CBA. It likely will happen. The owners aren't going to want to pay a guy $5M+ a season when his production drops off the table just a couple of years after signing a big money contract. The owners are going to insist on being able to cut players.
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If the league goes after the contracts, the PA will go after the cap, and it'll be at least a year of a lockout, probably more. Eventually, the league will win, but that fight would make us all look back on 04-05 as the good old days.
 
Most of the reporters seem to know what the situation is exactly but can't comment publicly for fear of being sued.

NewPort Sports Management must have warned everyone involved not to leak anything until this story comes out officially, if ever.
 
Alex514 said:
Most of the reporters seem to know what the situation is exactly but can't comment publicly for fear of being sued.

NewPort Sports Management must have warned everyone involved not to leak anything until this story comes out officially, if ever.
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Yeah very surprising more details haven't come out yet, considering how many seem to know what's up. Leak it to a blogger or something already :)
 
Alex514 said:
Most of the reporters seem to know what the situation is exactly but can't comment publicly for fear of being sued.

NewPort Sports Management must have warned everyone involved not to leak anything until this story comes out officially, if ever.
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I really don't think this is the case. I can't think of many instances where the threat of being sued stopped any reporter, they pride themselves on free speech and all that. They certainly wouldn't listen to sports agents. What can they be sued for? Defamation? Slander? Libel? The only way they can be sued for something along those lines is if what they report is false and injurious.

I believe none of them know as much as they say, not the other way around.
 
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