Here's one for the books!!

[That Aud Smell]

I hope this deal doesn't impact the arbitration process. Imagine, players holding out because they want a 15 year deal. Makes you wonder if players might demand this in an arbitration hearing since they'd be getting guaranteed money even if they suffer a career ending injury and they get job security even if they don't perform up to par with the money they receive. :blink:

 

You know, I had that same fear for a few minutes. But consider this: Any remotely reasonable arbitrator (I know, I know -- keep it down to a dull roar, cynics) is going to see that contract as a joke, an aberration. Consider also the statistical theorem known as regression to the mean (I think), which basically holds that when you have a limited number of values in a competition, or a marketplace, you eliminate the highest and lowest values to get a better sense of what's normal. I have confidence that Wang's activities will not destroy reasonable benchmarking for goalies.

 

One more thing: If Miller comes through his new contract with substantially the same stats he has to date, DiPietro will by that time be utterly irrelevant to valuing Miller.

[apushms]

I can understand Wang and his wunderkind GM, Garth Snow, locking Rick Dipietro up for 15 years because .... uhhh ... errr .... ________________________________________.

 

* get creative and fill in the blank

[gregkash]

Party on, Garth.

Party on, Wang.

 

LOL.

 

the Islanders... it should just be a punchline to any joke..

 

Hey, why did the chicken cross the road?

 

THE ISLANDERS!

[frisky]

I think maybe their on drugs or something. Doesn't Yashin have like a 10 year contract? I wonder who they are going to sign to a 20 year deal? I sure don't blame Patty from bailng out of this insanity early on.