OMFG.

It is over before it began.

Today, Tuesday, September 12th, the NY Islanders sign Ricky "Pretty Boy" DiPietro to a fucking 15 year deal. What the fuck.

This makes no sense. The only way this works for us is if DiPietro becomes a kick-ass goalie. Right now, he's just "OK". Hardly worth the $4mill and change he's gonna get a year... for 15 fucking years in a row.

In one article, an GM stated that it was stupid because, even if Rick becomes fantasmagorical andw e can't afford the $7mill a year he could command, that we should then let him go because we can still get a great goalie for $4 mill or so. I am inlicned to agree.

Voices also say that now DiPietro has no real motivation to work. "He's won the lottery" one GM said. Again, I'd have to agree.

What motivation does he have to perform? In fact, he's guaranteed his yearly if he retires due to an injury! If I were him, I'd be rushing the breakaways just begging for someone to take out my MCL. Or ACL. Or any-CL for that matter!

This just fucking sucks. It's apparently not bad enough that we're laden with Yashin's albatross of a contract but now this?

We should've given him $3-4 to start and gotten a vet to push him. Now it's too late.

And I thought putting Garth Snow in GM position was bad...