If you're a GM, are you trading for Brown or Richards?
There is always a sucker, I could see the morons running the show in Edmonton thinking either one would be the ideal player for their young roster.
If I were a GM myself, No, I would not touch either, just way to much risk and not enough reward. I think they are both horrible contracts and have so many negative things going along with them. Nearing 30, decrease in offensive production, severe drop off in other facets of the game that made them valuable, and both these deals have a long long long way to go. Like I said, as a Kings fan, I shudder to think what Brown and Richards will be playing like when these contracts are up when they are 37 and 35 respectively.
The interesting thing will be Dean's loyalty vs. Dean's commitment to contending annually. Dean always said he wanted to be like Detroit and be contending for a decade, well unfortunately with some of the bad contracts Dean has traded for and signed he may literally price himself out of contending, atleast for a few years. If Dean hangs on to these guys and they continue to slide off the cliff, the Kings will not be able to have a contending team in the second half of this decade, we are already starting to see that a bit this year when some bad contract extensions are hurting the Kings chances of adding a scorer or defenseman at the deadline. And if you think Stoll and RR's 6 million for this year and next is an anchor, wait until you see what $12 mill a year until 2020 is.