Report: Mike Richards Drawing Little Interest
- Updated: June 23, 2015
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It seems as if the Mike Richards story is a never ending saga. The Kings had the opportunity to buy him out last season and Dean Lombardi chose not to. Hindsight is always 20/20 but it looks as if that decision was an epic mistake.
He we are a year later and the Kings are in a completely different dynamic. They have players like Tyler Toffoli, Justin Williams, and Andrej Sekera contracts up and need to shed Richard’s contract in order to retain some of these players. This is a lot easier said than done.
Jon Rosen of Lakingsinder.com reported how the Richards process was going. Here is an excerpt from his article.
“I’m getting the strong feeling, through multiple channels, that there hasn’t been any clear movement, and no viable suitors have stepped forward at this time. Similar to the attempt to move the center near the trading deadline, there are simply no proposals that make any sense for the Kings as of this writing. Could that change? Sure, it could change. But don’t expect Richards back next year. He’s likely to be moved, either through a trade (which doesn’t appear to be materializing at this point), or via buy-out.”
At this moment in time in seems as if no one is interested in Richards and I can see why. He didn’t exactly have a monster season. Remember that time he went to waivers and nobody wanted him then either?
The Kings have to get rid of him and the contract at some point. Lori Hultin stressed the importance of moving Richards in her article title Five Ways the Los Angeles Kings Can Bounce Back Next Season. Check out her thoughts in the link.
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