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Breaking #Isles news: Rick DiPietro to have surgery Tuesday to repair a sports hernia. Season likely done.
Arthur Staple @StapeNewsday 2m
Best-case scenario for DiPietro is back by beginning of April. He's played 47 games the last 4 seasons. This is his 6th surgery since 2008.
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It's like a freakin soap opera
I just hope management is done playing this game
by Empire39 on Jan 13, 2012 5:26 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Here's the real punchline
@StapeNewsday 6m
DiPietro tells Newsday no plans to retire: “Nothing like that has even crossed my mind… I know I can play.” #Isles
Jesus Christ…
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent. On Twitter: @Dan_of_Science
It's just comes off cocky, conceited, and really discredits his character
When he can’t acknowledge that:
A) he can never ever stay healthy
B) even if he is, he just isn’t the same goalie at all anymore.. Probably the least-skilled in our organization
by BaltimoreIslander on Jan 13, 2012 5:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I disagree.
It comes off as determination coupled with denial.
I cant blame the guy for thinking “THIS time things will be different!”
I just dont believe it will be.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 13, 2012 7:06 PM EST up reply actions
But its also selfish...
He needs to step away and ride into the Long Island Sunset…Thanks for, eh???
I think it’s one of those things he’ll re-evaluate when everything is done. I don’t expect him to say he’s planing to retire mid season.
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Yup.
Did Sillinger just have surgery and retire? Nope- he had the surgery with the intention of returning to play.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 13, 2012 7:23 PM EST up reply actions
At this point, the Isles would have to BEG him to NOT retire.
At least not until the end of the season. They simply can’t find another $3-4 million or so to get to the floor midway through the year.
(It IS around $3-14 million they’d have to cover, right, our resident cap experts?)
Yet another Moulson brother-in-law.
by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 13, 2012 8:07 PM EST up reply actions
The Isles could take a 4.5 million cap hit right now
according to capgeek. Also, his salary would be prorated to account for games played thus far…it wouldn’t be the full amount.
Not that I’m saying he should or should not retire right this second…just that the Isles have built up some cap equity right now. If I had my druthers, I’d much rather either Mark Eaton or Rolston retire.
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 13, 2012 11:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Pay attention to the "floor tracker"
http://www.capgeek.com/trade_deadline_tracker.php
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 13, 2012 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
The Newsday article is pretty aggravating
http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders/rick-dipietro-to-have-sports-hernia-surgery-1.3450980
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No kidding
“I thought it would just go away.”
C’mon, Rick.
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent. On Twitter: @Dan_of_Science
I actually have some sympathy for that part
I’ve had a nagging groin injury get better (seemingly) and then morph into the same situation. Now both conditions feel intrinsically connected.
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by Dominik on Jan 13, 2012 6:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
These symptoms in particular sneak up on you
A sports hernia typically begins with a slow onset of aching pain in the lower abdominal region. Symptoms may include: Pain in the lower abdomen, pain in the groin…
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Don't feel bad...He can buy & sell most of us 100 times over...
Wang literally made this guy a multi-millionaire for no reason…Its ludicrous…I’n what world do people get rewarded like this without earning it? I’d trade a hernia for just a few of his millions let alone 15 of em…
I'm referring to the thought his injury would get better without surgery
This is actually classic sports hernia circumstances.
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by Dominik on Jan 14, 2012 12:52 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
He still has nine years left on his contract and said he has no plans to retire. “Nothing like that has even crossed my mind,” he said. “Knock on wood, the doctors have said this is something you can come back from, lots of athletes have. I know I still want to play.”
Since playing 63 games in the 2007-08 season — one that ended in March for DiPietro, as he underwent hip surgery — he has played a total of 47 games over the last four seasons and just eight this season. He had another surgery on his hip and one on his left knee in the summer of 2008, a second knee surgery in January of 2009 and surgery to repair facial fractures after a fight with Penguins goaltender Brent Johnson last February.
Yes Rick, the doctors say that players come back from HERNIA Surgery, not when you include the 7 other surgeries you’ve had…
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The Doctors are right- people HAVE come back from every single one of these problems.
“One” being the- ahem, operative word.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 13, 2012 7:07 PM EST up reply actions
“Snow echoed DiPietro’s sentiments, saying neither he nor owner Charles Wang has broached retirement with DiPietro.”
I hope these are just words…If they trully think this then the both of em are idiots…
No idea
It’s not something they’d ever air publicly at this point if they did, because they’re all closed-circle/tight like that.
Someone mentioned Sillinger before — he got the same HIPPA-esque public treatment even though it appeared clear when he was shut down mid-season that this was probably it.
Kudos to Staple for putting it in public circulation with RDP, Snow and by proxy Wang though. Now they may not have “broached” it, but it’s been broached by their beat reporter.
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True- but objectively, all GMS draft goalies.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 14, 2012 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
Obviously...But he had drafted several in high draft positions..
In order to hedge DP’s decline…I wish DP would show some humility himself and take the noose off the orgs and his team mates necks…Thats just how I feel…
I think so. My suspicion
Is the last several years (drafting goalies high, carrying 3 and 6 pro goalies into the season, slipping “knee swelling” into injury updates) have been building up to the inevitability when RDP probably realizes on his own that it won’t happen.
They (be it Wang, Snow, all of the above, or maybe it’s where Wang and Snow disagree) have some respect or special relationship with RDP and they’re stuck with the contract in every other alternative (buyout, AHL burial), so it seems like they’ve been insuring themselves while slowly directing toward that conclusion.
Snow and Wang each have their own sort of “keep it in house” mentality about information that looks bad or dire upon one of their own, so they probably take pains not to embarrass RDP while also preparing for the moment when the bandaid is ripped off. I guess that includes not putting him under more “why not retire?” scrutiny.
Not sure if as afro proposed there might be some insurance reasons for playing to a certain script, too.
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TRANSACTIONS / INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS
2011/12/15 Groin, injured reserve.
2011/12/08 Groin, sidelined indefinitely.
2011/12/06 Groin, day-to-day.
2011/10/25 Missed 4 games (concussion).
2011/10/13 Concussion, sidelined indefinitely.
2011/03/18 Missed 20 games (facial injury).
2011/03/16 Facial injury, day-to-day.
2011/02/10 Facial injury, injured reserve.
2011/02/05 Facial injury, sidelined indefinitely.
2011/01/23 Missed 1 game (flu).
2011/01/21 Flu, day-to-day.
2011/01/20 Missed 1 game (groin).
2011/01/17 Groin, day-to-day.
2011/01/15 Missed 5 games (strained groin).
2011/01/06 Strained groin, day-to-day.
2010/12/26 Missed 3 games (swollen left knee).
2010/12/21 Swollen left knee, injured reserve.
2010/12/18 Knee injury, day-to-day.
2010/04/11 Missed the last 22 games of the regular season (left knee injury).
2010/02/13 Left knee injury, sidelined indefinitely.
2010/01/04 Missed 33 games (knee surgery)
2009/12/17 Recalled from Bridgeport (AHL).
2009/12/03 Assigned to Bridgeport (AHL) on a conditioning assigment.
2009/09/05 Knee surgery, sidelined indefinitely.
2009/04/12 Missed the last 41 games of the regular season (swollen right knee).
2009/01/08 Swollen right knee, day-to-day.
2009/01/02 Missed 3 games (groin).
2008/12/27 Groin, day-to-day.
2008/12/26 Missed 27 games (knee surgery).
2008/10/27 Lower body injury, day-to-day.
2008/10/13 Missed 2 games (knee injury).
2008/09/22 Knee injury, early October.
2008/04/05 Missed the last 9 games of the regular season (hip surgery).
2008/03/19 Hip surgery, remainder of the regular season.
2008/03/08 Missed 3 games (personal reasons).
2008/03/02 Personal reasons, day-to-day.
2008/01/03 Missed 3 games (knee injury).
2007/12/27 Knee injury, day-to-day.
2007/04/14 Missed the last 7 games of the regular season and Game 1 of Round One against the Buffalo Sabres (headache).
2007/03/27 Headache, day-to-day.
2007/03/20 Missed 2 games (neck injury).
2007/03/15 Neck injury, day-to-day.
2006/12/07 Missed 1 game (lower body injury).
2006/12/05 Lower body injury, day-to-day.
2006/10/21 Missed 3 games (groin).
2006/10/14 Groin, day-to-day.
2006/09/12 Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the New York Islanders to a 15-year contract.
2006/01/12 Missed 5 games (sprained left knee).
2005/12/31 Sprained left knee, day-to-day.
2005/12/30 Knee injury, left Friday’s game.
2005/11/03 Missed 1 game (bruised knee).
2005/11/01 Bruised knee, day-to-day.
2005/10/19 Missed 1 game (mild concussion).
2005/10/14 Mild concussion, day-to-day.
2005/10/13 Mild concussion, left Thursday’s game.
2005/09/07 Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the New York Islanders to a one-year contract.
2005/07/29 New York Islanders tendered a qualifying offer.
2004/03/27 Missed 1 game (flu).
2004/03/25 Flu, day-to-day.
2004/01/02 Recalled from Bridgeport (AHL).
2003/12/29 Assigned to Bridgeport (AHL).
2003/07/22 Re-signed by the New York Islanders to a one-tear contract.
2003/04/18 Assigned to Bridgeport (AHL).
2003/03/09 Recalled from Bridgeport (AHL).
2003/03/05 Assigned to Bridgeport (AHL).
2003/02/27 Recalled from Bridgeport (AHL).
2003/02/21 Assigned to Bridgeport (AHL).
2003/01/22 Recalled from Bridgeport (AHL).
2003/01/02 Assigned to Bridgeport (AHL).
2002/12/18 Recalled from Bridgeport (AHL).
2002/11/29 Assigned to Bridgeport (AHL).
2002/11/23 Recalled from Bridgeport (AHL).
2002/10/08 Assigned to Bridgeport (AHL).
2002/01/26 Assigned to Bridgeport (AHL).
2002/01/24 Recalled from Bridgeport (AHL).
2002/01/23 Assigned to Bridgeport (AHL).
2002/01/22 Recalled from Bridgeport (AHL).
2001/10/01 Assigned to Bridgeport (AHL).
2001/01/27 Recalled from Chicago (IHL).
2000/12/15 Assigned to Chicago (IHL).
2000/12/12 Recalled from Chicago (IHL).
2000/12/03 Assigned to Chicago (IHL).
2000/11/29 Recalled from Chicago (IHL).
2000/11/06 Assigned to Chicago (IHL).
2000/11/05 Recalled from Chicago (IHL).
2000/09/26 Assigned to Chicago (IHL).
THIS IS HIS 5TH SEASON ENDING INJURY. HE IS NEEDS TO CUT THE TEAM LOOSE AND RETIRE. IF HE KEEPS THIS SHIT UP HE IS SIMPLY BEING SELFISH. HE NEEDS TO RETIRE AND IF HE WANTS TO WORK HIS WAY OUT OF RETIREMENT THAT IS UP TO HIM. BUT HE SHOULD RELEASE THE REST OF THE GUYS FROM THIS BALL & CHAIN.
Thing is, POSTING IN ALL CAPS is normally interpreted as e-yelling.
I mean, how else would you yell with a keyboard?
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 15, 2012 12:47 AM EST up reply actions
You cant yell on a hey board, lol...
It wasnt meant to say I was yelling
KO, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING???
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CANT YELL WITH A KEYBOARD????
It is indeed possible thanks to capsLock and additional punctuation.
But I do get that you werent e-yelling lol.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 15, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
LOL
Going forward I think, when in doubt, you and I should discuss e-yelling.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 15, 2012 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
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