A weblog about stuff and junk by Jake Sutton
The NY Islanders have signed goalie Rick DiPietro to a 15-year, $67.5 million contract. One NHL GM calls the deal “Crazy. Just (expletive deleted) crazy.”
I have to agree. Rick (for whom I actually have a bit of fondness, since he played at BU) has yet to really prove himself in the NHL, and the protection a contract like this offers the team (against the growing salary of a star player) isn’t worth the risk of the player being a flop.
Just (expletive deleted) silly.
I confess I was cheering for the Edmonton Oilers, but the Carolina Hurricanes had a hell of a playoff run. This Stanley Cup final series was great hockey all the way around — especially Conn Smythe winner Cam Ward.
With my old Boston Bruins loyalties, it was certainly overjoying to see Glen Wesley get his first championship after 18 years in the league.
Nice job, boys!
Rode the Bonnie Black into work today. All went well. (Yippee!)
[BTW: The Wife thinks the bike's name is "Betty" -- as in "Black Betty", the badass Leadbelly song. I mostly know the version by a band called Ram Jam, which took over Boston Bruins broadcasts in the 90s thanks to Cam Neely naming it as his favorite song.]
Lacroix resigns as Avs GM, will remain team president
Lacroix and owner Stan Kroekne said they decided before the lockout that wiped out the 2004-05 season that Lacroix would spend one more year as GM.
Huh… Total surprise to me. I can’t even imagine how this bodes for the near-term future of the team.
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Well, it’s a shame, but we had a good time.
Work is… um… aggravating/draining these days, and much to my surprise, I’ve had a bit of a social life in the after work hours lately.
So… Yeah… Light on the posting. Nothing much going on worth reporting anyway. I have continued to post junk to del.icio.us in the mean time, though. You can spy those under the “Link Dump” tab.
I get to go to my first NHL playoff game tonight, though. Sadly, it may be to witness my Avs get swept by the Mighty Ducks.
For the record, my Viva El Papi KinTee got good reviews at last night’s poker game.
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