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Originally Posted by mikephoen
Is this the longest contract ever signed by someone with less than 80 games played in the NHL?
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On September 12, 2006, DiPietro signed a 15-year, $67.5 million contract with the Islanders They wanted to sign him to a similar in Sept 2005 (dipierto had 81 NHL games with 28-38-13 record) but the league stepped in and discouraged the Islanders but after a solid 63 game year in 2005-06 there was no holding the Islanders back.
I wonder if the league and the NHLPA will step in in the next CBA an make a rule where the league can reject obviously stupid contracts? It hurts the players as well as the owners as there is a finite amount of cap space that the Oilers have chosen to give to Klefbom rather than some players who deserve it.