This would be the final year of Rick DiPietro's contract

[urho]

DiPIETRO SIGNED TO 15-YEAR DEAL

1,5 million annual payments will continue till the 28-29 season, tho.

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[Boud]

Rick played his last game in 2013.

Rick will get paid until 2029, 16 years later.

Rick is doing great.

 

[Night Shift]

He's hillarious on in the crease post game show

 

[The Panther]

DiPietro was a very average NHL player, but he has clearly won at the game of life.

Every night, DiPietro must be on his knees, thanking one man...

 

[TheGreatOne11]

Lmao this wins the "do you feel old?" Contest for me.

 

[urho]

DiPietro was a very average NHL player, but he has clearly won at the game of life.

Every night, DiPietro must be on his knees, thanking one man...

"I'm extremely appreciative of the commitment (Islanders owner) Charles Wang and Garth have made to me," said DiPietro, a Massachusetts native who now lives on Long Island year-round. "I won't let them, my coaches, my teammates or the fans down."

He was extremely appreciative even then. I remember there was a rumor that Michael Peca was going to have a 10 year contract too but someone in the organization convinced Wang not to do that in the end. Peca must be still angry

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Rick played his last game in 2013.

Rick will get paid until 2029, 26 years later.

Rick is doing great.

That's quite the math.

 

[Boud]

That's quite the math.

Lol I'm actually an accountant.

Anyone needs an accountant?

 

[LionsHeart]

There should be NY Lottery scratch off games based on his and Bobby Bonillas contracts.

 

[HFBS]

The interest rate on Rick DiPietro's annuity has reached 6%.

Do you know where your children are?

 

[Ja Rule]

Dipietro had more injuries than I had hit records... and I had a ton of hits

 

[Eye of Ra]

His son have some potential?

 

[AndreRoy]

There should be NY Lottery scratch off games based on his and Bobby Bonillas contracts.

It’s been 20 years since Bobby Bo played (10 years since the deferred payments started) and he still has another 14 years of getting paid. That’s just insane. To put it into context, his 24 years of deferred payments are longer than the careers of all but 10 players in MLB history.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Was it the GM or the owner that came up with this great idea?

 

[Empoleon8771]

It's still mindboggling that the Islanders gave him that contract. When he signed that deal, he had 2 full seasons in the NHL with decent stats, but that's really about it. How could you justify a 15 year contract for what he had actually accomplished in the NHL?

Even the AAV that DiPietro got wasn't that much of a discount. His cap hit in 2006 is about the equivalent of an $8.25 million cap hit today and I don't even think that $4.5 million today for his track record is even that great, that would have been like giving Korpisalo a 15 year, $4.5 million AAV deal.

 

[Rockomax]

Dipietro had more injuries than I had hit records... and I had a ton of hits

No you didn't Em destroyed you before you ever had a chance

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Dipietro had more injuries than I had hit records... and I had a ton of hits

Jesus Christ, Dave Chappelle has been looking for you since 9/11/2001!

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Contract was the right idea (sign a 1st overall pick franchise player to a 15 year deal as the cap rises), wrong player.

 

[bobholly39]

I still say this wasn't a bad contract. It just turned out bad due to injuries, but the idea was right.

Imagine if instead of Dipietro it was Fleury who signed that contract 15 years ago? 4.5M$ AAV for a #1 goalie is a really good value. It's mostly all injury/health related why Dipietro couldn't become a consistent #1 goalie isn't it? Bad luck/fortune for sure, but I still have no real issue with the contract.

 

[orby]

DiPietro had a truly strange career, but IMO, the fact that players used to sign 15-year contracts rings even stranger. It wasn't even that long ago, but the pre-lockout years seem like such a bygone era for the league.

 

[BagHead]

Was it the GM or the owner that came up with this great idea?

I can't say for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was Wang. That guy had a lot of really... ehm... interesting ideas about hockey and how to run the team.

 

[kevsh]

Was it the GM or the owner that came up with this great idea?

Whomever came up with it, Wang almost surely had to sign off on it so in the end, it's on him. I hope DiPietro at least sends him a Christmas card each year. If he was mean he'd include a photo of the checks he's still cashing.

 

[Legionnaire]

DiPietro was a very average NHL player, but he has clearly won at the game of life.

Every night, DiPietro must be on his knees, thanking one man...

DiPietro would have been a star if not for injuries.

 

[Khelandros]

Was it the GM or the owner that came up with this great idea?

By all reports, DiPietro and Wang were pretty good friends. Wang probably pushed Milbury to sign him to the deal, even though Milbury was probably trying to trade him for a package of players.

 

[urho]

I still say this wasn't a bad contract. It just turned out bad due to injuries, but the idea was right.

Imagine if instead of Dipietro it was Fleury who signed that contract 15 years ago? 4.5M$ AAV for a #1 goalie is a really good value. It's mostly all injury/health related why Dipietro couldn't become a consistent #1 goalie isn't it? Bad luck/fortune for sure, but I still have no real issue with the contract.

It's a bad contract and a bad idea. There are not a lot of goalies that you should give 15 years contract when they're 26. The risk is huge and Fleury is one of the few examples where it might have worked.