bunomatic Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoPre Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) I think this is already in Around the NHL: 2015-2016 :oops: Thanks for pointing that out. I'll delete this thread. Edited June 30, 2015 by Thanes16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 It is a team based in LA. The Las Vegas team will be awful :P Yep. The Texas Rangers did a pretty good reclamation job on Josh Hamilton and got some good years out of him. He signed as a free agent with the L.A. Angels (*of Anaheim) and ended up stoned on booze & blow again. The Angels traded him for a bag of broken bats back to the Rangers. I hate that he's a perennial cokehead and he left Texas on very bad terms (insulting the city of Dallas), but when he's clean he's pretty damned good. But dumping him in L.A. was a bad, bad move. /tangent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patty16 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 it's interesting because there's been no leak of an arrest, and that's something that gets out pretty easy, so I'm wondering what it was?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 it's interesting because there's been no leak of an arrest, and that's something that gets out pretty easy, so I'm wondering what it was?? Could have been as simple as a swab of a credit card turning up traces of cocaine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 :oops: Thanks for pointing that out. I'll delete this thread. Why? This story deserves its own thread. Not everyday that a player gets terminated rather than bought out. Keeping this in the other thread, a lot of other info will get drowned out in Richards' BS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoPre Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Why? This story deserves its own thread. Not everyday that a player gets terminated rather than bought out. Keeping this in the other thread, a lot of other info will get drowned out in Richards' BS. Good point. I'll keep this thread on the board. Would like to see Mike Richards updates as they happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patty16 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) Could have been as simple as a swab of a credit card turning up traces of cocaine. wouldnt that result in an arrest? especially at the border? It has to be something more serious, for all the hush about it from LA, and Pierre being weird about divulging more. My guess would be that the reason things can't be disclosed is for the legal process or investigation. Edited June 30, 2015 by Patty16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Given the Slava Voynov stuff, it will be very interesting to see what this incident was. There's already the built in "well you didn't terminate his contract" defense. I don't see how it can be worse than Voynov's domestic abuse. But then again he'd still be a useful player if acquitted, whereas Richards is shot. I'm trying to keep an open mind since we have no information, but I'm finding it difficult not to be cynical about LA's motives here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 I don't see how it can be worse than Voynov's domestic abuse. But then again he'd still be a useful player if acquitted, whereas Richards is shot. I'm trying to keep an open mind since we have no information, but I'm finding it difficult not to be cynical about LA's motives here. There motives are clear as day. Still, the story is going to have to be a really good one if the team thought they could actually get away with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Canadian Police are investigating Richards http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nhl/story/_/id/13173411/canadian-mounted-police-investigation-involves-mike-richards-source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patty16 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 just broke that the RCMP is investigating Richards, no word as to what for yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 There motives are clear as day. Still, the story is going to have to be a really good one if the team thought they could actually get away with this. What happens if LA loses? The buyout window would be long gone, so do they get stuck with the full cap hit another year or does the league bend the rules for them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 What happens if LA loses? The buyout window would be long gone, so do they get stuck with the full cap hit another year or does the league bend the rules for them? The league just changed the rules to allow a player under contract for 2 more seasons get in the HoF. Considering the reports were that they'd put him on waivers during the buyout period then stopped the process when they got the heads up from the RCMP, do you even have to ask the bolded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTS Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 If the RCMP is investigating then it's likely he was on his way into Canada correct? Perhaps he didn't want to pay GST? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 just broke that the RCMP is investigating Richards, no word as to what for yet Anyone else have to look up RCMP to know what it meant? :bag: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 The league just changed the rules to allow a player under contract for 2 more seasons get in the HoF. The same player they actually hired for a league job while he's still on a team's cap and payroll (there has to be some sort of payout, right?). Conflict of interest? Anyone else have to look up RCMP to know what it meant? :bag: This is all you need to know: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 The league just changed the rules to allow a player under contract for 2 more seasons get in the HoF. Considering the reports were that they'd put him on waivers during the buyout period then stopped the process when they got the heads up from the RCMP, do you even have to ask the bolded? Sometimes I'm still young and naive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) The same player they actually hired for a league job while he's still on a team's cap and payroll (there has to be some sort of payout, right?). Conflict of interest? This is all you need to know: That would be the 1. I typically disagree w/ 1 selection to the HHoF, but 3 is a new record. (For those that are curious, the other 1 I don't agree w/ is Karmanos. You move a team, you belong in the HHoI not the HHoF.) [Edit: Schrader, wtf is the Mounty video thing that embedded in my reply to you? :unsure: ] Edited June 30, 2015 by Taro T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 [Edit: Schrader, wtf is the Mounty video thing that embedded in my reply to you? :unsure: ] Just trying to help True to understand who the RCMP are. They always get their man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 It'll be interesting to see what this does for the Kings' cap number. If the NHL allows the Kings' to scrub his salary I wonder if you'd find subtle language being included in contracts to make this kind of thing more likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 It'll be interesting to see what this does for the Kings' cap number. If the NHL allows the Kings' to scrub his salary I wonder if you'd find subtle language being included in contracts to make this kind of thing more likely. There won't be changes to the wording of the SPC's w/out approval of the NHLPA and that won't happen until the next CBA is written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Just trying to help True to understand who the RCMP are. They always get their man. That wasn't showing up in your original post until I'd posted my edit but was showing up in my post. Weird. Must've had something to do w/ how this site gets cached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 There won't be changes to the wording of the SPC's w/out approval of the NHLPA and that won't happen until the next CBA is written. And I think the SPCs already have morality clauses, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 And I think the SPCs already have morality clauses, anyway. Which is why the Kings expect they'll be allowed to terminate his contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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