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Yeah, I'm a little more with Blitty on this one.

Dumping Smyth for garbage was neither in the Kings plans nor their fault. The guy begged for a trade, and then let it get out publicly. Kings had no leverage whatsoever. Dick move on Smyth's part, not very classy.

In Richards, the Kings get an excellent 2nd line center. And he's under contract for the next eight years. So Schenn becomes irrelevant; with Kopitar locked up for 5 more years and Richards for 8, where would Schenn fit anyway? Love Schenn and wish him the best, but honestly, his career potential is to become Mike Richards. We basically just skipped ahead to the finished product.

And locker room cancer? You read too many Canadian tabloids. Never a complaint about his character until Pronger showed up and they clashed. Pronger is a stud and a half on the ice, but he's clearly a dick.

And even if Richards is a bad guy (which he isnt), the Kings have so much class in the locker room that it won't matter anyway.

Kopi/Richards up the middle for years to come is sexy sexy.
 
Friday afternoon hockey discussion. I love it.

Kings arae a good team for sure. They have 2 young excellent goalies and a great dman in Doughty. Lombardi should have told Smyth to stay home if he didn't want to play in L.A. BB would have told him to piss off and woudl have sent him to the press box to make an example out of him by going public. I never liked Smyth.

Keep it going boys!!!
 
This comes into play again! Sorry but, God I love Walken movies!


Talk round Philly was Richards and Carter weren't really cancers in the lockeroom as much as they were after hours party hounds in the city night after night! They are best buds!

Richards did it on the ice but wasn't a vocal guy which seems to be what you need in a captain? These 2 management thought with their pounding chicks night after night and then pounding chicks night after night down the Jersey shore during the summer wasn't a good example for the young guys!

Ed Snider made this drastic decision cause look at him, at his age he needs an another Cup! The guy is a hard nosed grinder when it comes to work so he finally said enough is enough with these guys! They have the goalie and defense IMO so hopefully they can put the puck in the net enough?

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Friday afternoon hockey discussion. I love it.

Kings arae a good team for sure. They have 2 young excellent goalies and a great dman in Doughty. Lombardi should have told Smyth to stay home if he didn't want to play in L.A. BB would have told him to piss off and woudl have sent him to the press box to make an example out of him by going public. I never liked Smyth.

Keep it going boys!!!
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I think Dean would have loved to do that, but with that grotesque $6.25/mil cap hit? Too expensive. Wouldn't have been able to afford Gagne + whatever Doughty is about to make.
 
Now the truth comes out why Mike Richards and Jeff Carter were traded. Some spin control for sure:

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/20110725_Dan_Gross_.html

Dan Gross: Partying prompted parting?
POSTED: July 25, 2011

By Dan Gross

The hard-partying ways of Flyers captain Mike Richards and center Jeff Carter played a major role in the organization's decision to trade both players in June, say two Flyers who played with the pair last season.

Carter was sent to the Columbus Blue Jackets for free agent forward Jakub Voracek and first- and third-round picks in the draft, and Richards was traded to the Los Angeles Kings for Wayne Simmonds and Brayden Schenn.

The two unnamed players said that the Flyers front office was disappointed in Carter and Richards' longstanding party lifestyle and that teammates were concerned about the pair's drinking.

Shortly after his arrival in December 2009, coach Peter Laviolette instituted what players came to call the "Dry Island." Laviolette asked team members to commit to not drinking for a month, and each player was asked to write his number on a locker room board as a pledge. No. 17 (Carter) and No. 18 (Richards) were absent from the board on the first Dry Island, as well as the estimated five more times the policy was instituted.

In a phone interview Thursday, Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren confirmed that Richards and Carter hadn't put their numbers on the board, but said there had been others who declined. "We carry 23 players and there wasn't 23 numbers up there."

Holmgren was "really upset that this is out there. That's our locker room. Our inner sanctum. Our board. Someone's crossing a line here," in discussing the Dry Island.

Holmgren also said it was "preposterous" that partying was factored into the decision to trade Richards and Carter. "As far as Mike and Jeff are concerned, we made two good hockey trades that will better suit us now and for the future. Columbus is happy, L.A. is happy and the Flyers are happy with the deal."

Carter's agent, Rick Curran, told us it was "bull----" to suggest that the two were traded because of their partying. "You're telling me a number of accusations [that] they are out partying and not focused on hockey. For someone to suggest that behind doors without having the balls to come out publicly, consider it for what it is," Curran told us.

Richards' agent, Don Meehan, did not return repeated requests for comment; Carter and Richards did not respond to voice mails on their cell- phones or text messages
 
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