Rumor: Michael DiPietro given permission to seek trade

[Nucklehead Supreme]

Guy has starter potential and is sitting behind a Vezina caliber goalie who is only 26. Makes sense

Uhhh no he doesn't...

 

[CanadienShark]

Oh wow a mediocre goalie prospect that every team has can seek a trade for himself? Good luck buddy.

 

[604]

Botched development, but he is not really starter potential. Could see him going for a seventh but honestly probably future considerations for a team that is willing to take him on.

Judging by posts in here, maybe he does have more perceived value...

If he didn't, the Canucks probably wouldn't have qualified him.

 

[Bgav]

Awesome kid, unfortunately too small to be a starter. Wishing him the best and hoping I’m wrong !

 

[Mosby]

Newly signed Coyote Jon Gillies might get upset.

Two way contract

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Two way contract

Allvin should trade DiPietro to Arizona.

Might not help with DiPietro’s confidence much but atleast it would show what DiPietro is made of at the NHL level.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

GM's taking the call

 

[Breakers]

Give us a 7th rounder and call it a day

 

[dez]

Another teams struggling prospects, 1 for 1 swap

 

[TheGreatOne11]

It was the longest contract ever given in NHL?

Yeah and Kovalchuk matched it with NJ that same year. 15 years is just insane, but to put it into perspective on how much tinier we are as a league. An MLB player just rejected a 440 million 15 year contract the other day, Kovys deal was worth 100 million lol.

 

[Get North]

This is not news. Not NHL news.

 

[Red]

I would love a 7th round pick but I think it will be a 1:1 swap for another AHL-level player.

 

[Zman5778]

The timing on this strikes me as odd.....being a fan of a team who has issues in net (Buffalo).

Wouldn't you want to request a trade either right at the start of the UFA period or before it? To position yourself as best you can within another organization? I'm sure that there are teams out there that still have AHL spots open...........but wouldn't you want to cast the widest net possible?

Look at Buffalo for example -- going into the UFA period, we had ONE goalie under contract (Anderson) and another as RFA (UPL). Since then, we've signed Comrie and Subban........and Rochester signed Houser to be their third and Cincy's starter. No room at the inn for playing time unless he wants to battle Houser for ECHL playing time. Gotta think that we're not the only NHL team to be relatively set at goalie.

 

[Soups On]

nucks handled his development strangely to say the least.

Terribly. They handled his development terribly.

 

[me2]

The timing on this strikes me as odd.....being a fan of a team who has issues in net (Buffalo).

Canucks just signed veteran Delia ($750k 1 way) as a free agent. Silovs will be the young AHL goalie getting developed. The timing is due to the free agent signing, he had an ahl job before that. It's only been a few days since.

 

[xECK29x]

Uhhh no he doesn't...

Maybe at the time he was drafted

 

[nergish]

No worries.

He's definitely moved into kind of the "teachers pet" position with Ian Clark, and on all things goaltending I defer to him.

Oddly enough, Silovs is even less proven than Mikey.

DiPietro was better in the CHL and even the AHL to this point. Silovs is just a technical beast, tall, and as flexible as a young Kiprusoff. Clark loves him, understandably.

 

[Petes2424]

Should be calling Vegas. Not much depth and should get a ton of games in the AHL this year, as Thompson will spend considerable time with the NHL squad. Between Lehner and Brossoit, one of them is always banged up. By next year, if he gets some good action this season, he could be competing for a legit NHL spot. He shouldn’t have any problem clearing waivers at this point.

 

[Canadian Canuck]

4th rounder gets it done. Probably less

Guy has starter potential and is sitting behind a Vezina caliber goalie who is only 26. Makes sense

He doesn’t have starter potential. He’s pretty terrible, lucky if he’s a NHL backup at this point. Silovs is much much much better.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Yeah and Kovalchuk matched it with NJ that same year. 15 years is just insane, but to put it into perspective on how much tinier we are as a league. An MLB player just rejected a 440 million 15 year contract the other day, Kovys deal was worth 100 million lol.

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How can he turn it down? What is he expected to make otherwise? He can't top this amount money right? Insane amount

 

[TheGreatOne11]

How can he turn it down? What is he expected to make otherwise? He can't top this amount money right? Insane amount

I'm guessing he's planning on taking a paycut and joining Columbus lol.

 

[Three On Zero]

RIP his career due to missing 10 AHL games. Maybe he should have been better and not been passed by Martin and Silvos on the depth charts

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

I'm guessing he's planning on taking a paycut and joining Columbus lol.

That seems to be the trend haha

 

[elmaco]

Everytime I hear the name Dipietro I just think of the Islanders still paying Rick 1.5 million a year until 2028-2029 lol.

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Once a month he's just like...

This so surreal lol, imagine being still paid after 15!! years.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

This so surreal lol, imagine being still paid after 15!! years.

Bobby Bonilla an old MLB player gets 1M from the Mets every year til 2035. He last played for the team in ‘99