Goalie gets 15 yr contract

kcballboy

I'm not a hockey fan but this definitely caught my attention. I wish I could get a 15 yr contract from my boss. To be honest, I'd take any contract.

15 yr contract

Barndog

Wow! The Islanders must be sure that this guy is good and will continue to perform.

A761506

Coming from a team that gave Yashin a ridiculous contract, you'd think they would have learned from their mistake, but apparantly not...

I don't know how anyone in their right mind within the organization would agree to such an idiotic contract. The guy has a career losing record, the team didn't make the playoffs with him last season... and suddenly he's the next coming of Patrick Roy???

So, let's see how this could play out:

1) They miss the playoffs or get knocked out in the first round the next 3 seasons in a row, he's a sub-par goalie, they want to trade him but can't so they use him as a back-up for a season, he gets pissed and plays horrible, and then they release him and eat the remaining $49M of the contract.

2) He suddenly turns into the greatest goalie in the league, the team is stellar and go deep into the playoffs the next 2 years, and win a Stanley Cup in the third year. He now feels grossly underpaid, as he could command over $10M/year on the open market and is being paid less than half of that. He complains, becomes unhappy the team is not willing to rework his contract, and quickly slips into an abyss of crap.

Either way, this nightmare has just begun... what morons.

kcballboy

^^
I had the same thoughts but not the desire to type it all out so I will give you one of these bad boys

bri2327

The Islanders are run by a man who may...no, not may, who definately is worse than the group of monkeys running the Knicks.

euphoria18

The move is very interesting because it could be one of the smartest, or stupidest depending on how he plays. If he develops into a Brodeur type player, then this could be seen as one of the smartest contracts ever. However, if he flops... then they are sooo screwed.

phreakydancin

DiPietro was the first ever goalie drafted #1, and has by all accounts turned into a serviceable backstop. However, he is NOT destined to be a Brodeur, and this is easily the dumbest personnel move I've ever seen... well, at least since the Islanders hired their backup goalie to be the GM chair.

I really don't understand what Wang is doing with this club. He clearly knows nothing about hockey, and I really feel sorry for the remaining fans of this once proud franchise.

80sToyguy

God no, not as bad as the Knicks, no one is worse than Isiah!
Jay

onlyanumber

<< <i>DiPietro was the first ever goalie drafted #1, and has by all accounts turned into a serviceable backstop. However, he is NOT destined to be a Brodeur, and this is easily the dumbest personnel move I've ever seen... well, at least since the Islanders hired their backup goalie to be the GM chair.

I really don't understand what Wang is doing with this club. He clearly knows nothing about hockey, and I really feel sorry for the remaining fans of this once proud franchise. >>



Don't forget, this is the same owner who once thought about getting Sumo wrestlers to learn to play goal because naturally, the bigger the goalie, the less of a chance the puck will go in.