NHL 2006 Off-Season...

[CanadianChris 0]

I want to find out if the Mogilny Rule applies here, and this contract stays on the cap until it expires, whether he retires or not. That would be the icing on the cake.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

Are you guys joking? He is actually signed for a 15 year contract? Has this ever happend in North American sports?

[CanadianChris 0]

Magic Johnson signed a 25-year deal with the Lakers in 1981.

 

Something tells me this contract won't work out quite as well as that one did.

[CanadianChris 0]

ESPN tells me that the deal doesn't fall under the Mogilny Rule. It doesn't count against the cap if he retires.

 

That's too bad. Still an albatross for the Islanders, thought, since no team will ever assume that contract.

[bob_barron 0]

Magic Johnson signed a 25-year deal with the Lakers in 1981.

 

Something tells me this contract won't work out quite as well as that one did.

 

Maybe DiPetrio will get AIDS too

[Lightning Flik 0]

Actually, Mogilny's counted against the cap because he was after a certain age it does. And frankly, I believe that's 35, so yes, apart of DiPietro's contract will count against the cap should he retire.

 

...at least they don't hafta worry about drafting a new goalie for 15 years.

[nl5xsk1 0]

The thing that I find so fucked up about the 15 year deal is how over-the-top & random it is. It's not like there were a bunch of 10 or 12 year deals and then this one was just a little bit longer. It's pretty much 2x or 3x longer than any other deal I can think of ... I mean, how many recently signed contracts are for more than 7 years?

[the max 0]

I thought it was a misprint, but it's apparently not. I was doubled over laughing about how fucking awful this contract is.

 

If there were one goaltender I would sign for fifteen years, it wouldn't be DiPietro, who has proven nothing but that he is inconsistant and hasn't taken the team on his back when needed. I don't think I'd sign any goaltender for fifteen years...MAYBE Cam Ward after two more seasons of what he did in the playoffs.

 

The Islanders are going to be the NHL's version of the Kansas City Royals. Once great, they've fallen a LONG way.

[Lightning Flik 0]

According to New York Newsday, DiPietro is guaranteed the full $67.5M if he gets injuried and/or retires.

 

...I'm speechless.

[CanadianChris 0]

According to New York Newsday, DiPietro is guaranteed the full $67.5M if he gets injuried and/or retires.

 

...I'm speechless.

That can't be right. What's to stop him from retiring tomorrow, or a year from now?

[the max 0]

Speaking of retiring...

 

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=177302&hubname=

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

Snow has a small cock. He has to. What other dirt could DiPietro have on him to warrrant that fucking contract?

 

It hasn't been mentioned, yet, but I guess this is pretty rare. For the first time to 1999, a offer was tendered to a Class Two RFA. Philly offered to Vancouver's Ryan Kesler.

 

Again, the fuck? 67.5 million? 15 years? That's fucking mind boggling.

[Guest]

If I were DiPietro, I'd blow out my knee on purpose next season so that I could retire and collect my money.

[KGB 0]

Snow has a small cock. He has to. What other dirt could DiPietro have on him to warrrant that fucking contract?

 

I heard that it was the owner who came up with that contract.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

Snow has a small cock. He has to. What other dirt could DiPietro have on him to warrrant that fucking contract?

 

I heard that it was the owner who came up with that contract.

 

Yeah, it turns out he did, including negotiating it himself, as I just read.

 

Wang must be nuts...especially since he's been claiming HUGE losses the last few years. The Rachel Phelps of NHL owners, maybe?

[Red Baron 0]

Holy shit.

 

I'd hurt my self to sit on that money. Hell 4.5 million a year. Does he get any bonuses?

 

 

Also Montreal is set to retire two of my favourite players on the team history, Serge Savard and Ken Dryden

[Lightning Flik 0]

I'm now firmly of the opinion that Snow is only there as a figurehead (as if we didn't already figure that one). How else can shit like this happen? No GM in the world would grant an absurd contract like that.

 

And red, I'd hafta say he'd have bonuses in there somewhere.

[LaParkaMarka 0]

The Kesler story is actually pretty huge for the NHL. The DiPietro signing only really hurts the Isles, since no one else will ever dish out a contract like that.

 

Offer sheets to RFAs though is huge. Kesler is a former first round pick, but he was a 3rd line center for Vancouver, scored 10 goals or something. Not exactly the cream of the crop. Vancouver was all set to sign him for 850k a year until Clarke comes along with a comparatively huge 1.9 mil.

 

Like TSN says in this article, this could result in retaliation by GMs, which will shoot up free agent prices.

 

The article I linked is a really good read, check it out.

[Lightning Flik 0]

I didn't hear about Kesler, but yikes. That is just terrible. Didn't anyone learn anything? I mean, I understand that this was nothing more than Clarke needing to fill a need with Prim retiring, but ugh... 1.9m for a 10 goal guy?

[CanadianChris 0]

I'm now firmly of the opinion that Snow is only there as a figurehead (as if we didn't already figure that one). How else can shit like this happen? No GM in the world would grant an absurd contract like that.

Of course. From what I've read, Milbury was fired because he refused to negotiate the 15-year deal, and Neil Smith was fired for the same reason. So, the Islanders became the ultimate laughingstock for no other reason than Wang wanted this absurd deal to happen.

[the pinjockey 0]

Gotta love Clarkie's response. Love him or hate him (I have been on both sides of that line), he is right

 

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?id=177368&hubname=

 

As for the whole world coming to an end, salary structure thrown out of whack arguement; Kim Jonsson making 5 mil per kills that IMO. When he was offered that contract that system proved to already be back to the pre-lockout days, so it's bs to play that card here.

 

I look forward to seeing how far the other GMs want to pushy their pissy attitude. If Richards and Carter, the aim of the retaliation, play to potential they are going to cost multiple 1st rounders plus an unmatchable contract (they would be matched on any remotely feasible deal). Are other GMs really going to get into that heavy of a pissing match just to spite Clarke?

[Lightning Flik 0]

Oh you will definitely see retaliation coming against Clarke for this one. Many GMs will go for the kill over this, rule or not.

[CanadianChris 0]

I hate to say it, but Clarke's absolutely right on this one.

 

I don't think there's much the other GMs can do. If they start signing guys to inflated deals out of spite, they're going to wrck their teams, because there won't be enough money for other guys they need. The Flyers had the money to spend, and no one should be whining about how they decide to spend it.

[Lightning Flik 0]

The problem is Clarke just inflated deals already. By making a ten goal player 1.9 million, that's now what every player that has 10 goals can use as a starting point because its what he got. That's why GMs are mad, and that's why you will see the retaliation happen, because its already screwed things up.

 

...although, he is right. Its there, he should be able to use it.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

I, too, hate to say it. But Clarke is right.

 

Will it start the ball rolling towards more fiscal mismanagement? Maybe. Has Clarke done anything wrong? Nope. Rule is there, he hasn't done anything wrong.

[CanadianChris 0]

The problem is Clarke just inflated deals already. By making a ten goal player 1.9 million, that's now what every player that has 10 goals can use as a starting point because its what he got. That's why GMs are mad, and that's why you will see the retaliation happen, because its already screwed things up.

 

...although, he is right. Its there, he should be able to use it.

The only thing this could conceivably affect is arbitration. What I think will happen is you're going to see more teams walk away from arbitration awards. Which is probably why the GMs are so pissed, because they know they're going to lose players they wouldn't have before.

 

The whole idea of arbitration under a salary cap is ridiculous anyway.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

Somewhere in all of Clarke's assery yesterday, Anson Carter signed with the Blue Jackets. That miiiight get them into the playoffs. I had said in my predictions two weeks ago that Zherdev would be the make or break for Columbus' shot at the playoffs. Now, I'm not saying that Carter > Zherdev, but I think Carter is enough to get them in.

[CanadianChris 0]

I don't think Columbus has the defence or the goaltending to contend in the West. There's just too many good teams out there.

[Red Baron 0]

Marc Denis is a good goalie. Its just ashame that he's got no defence to work with.

[the max 0]

Marc Denis is a good goalie. Its just ashame that he's got no defence to work with.

 

I don't know how much he'll do for the Blue-Jackets playoff push, considering he's a member of the Lightning.