Rick

 

 

$4,500,000 per year.

 

@KatieStrangESPN

 

Per rules of the new CBA, DiPietro still carries cap hit of (pro-rated) $3.6mil ($4.5m minus $900k) even if he stays in Bridgeport

Great interview, what a straight shooter! It's quite refreshing to hear someone say it like it is.

Whats refreshing and what is it like? seriously I want to know. I tend to agree with the owners in this tussle but its not refreshing to hear workers compared to cattle (I know he lumped himself in there). Why don't they just replace their head of cattle then? That what I would do on my ranch. Would you watch the replacement cattle or the more elite cattle on other ranches or pastures?

Dobberhockey perspective:

Puck Daddy – Red Wings GM criticized for lack of offseason splash, but is it premature? First of all, any criticism is stupid. Secondly, it’s not premature because even if nothing is done by the Red Wings this summer, they’re fine. So they were runner up in the Ryan Suter sweepstakes. You can’t win every free agent. So now what, they’re supposed to settle for the next best guy? Dumb. They need another defenseman, but there is certainly no rush. If they don’t get one until January or February, will that hurt? Not one bit. They don’t need to make a big splash. I love the forward group:

Valtteri Filppula    Henrik Zetterberg Johan Franzen
Gustav Nyquist   Pavel Datsyuk Mikael Samuelsson
Dan Cleary Darren Helm   Todd Bertuzzi
Drew Miller Justin Abdelkader Jordin Tootoo
Patrick Eaves Cory Emmerton   Jan Mursak

With Damien Brunner, Joakim Andersson and Tomas Tatar as the first three call-ups. I like it because I’m high on Nyquist making a splash right away. And on defense, Kronwall is a fine No.1 guy and White and Quincey are fine as No.3 and No.4.Brendan Smith can certainly slide in as a No.5. So the only hole is a No.2 defenseman. And until January or February, just give more responsibility to the rest of them. The Wings are fine, no need to make a splash. Suter would have been nice, but if I’m a Wings fan I don’t want them to settle or rush

My response was aimed solely at the "blaming" comment.  It's one thing to set up such a site, but another to then complain when the copyright owner steps in and exercises their legal rights.

Yes, it's a bummer that it's gone, but its days were numbered from Day 1, and the URL might have accelerated things a bit.

read it again perhaps?
I know people get instantly defensive when it comes to an issue like this and love to argue their side and lecture other adults about morels, right/wrong but if you look at his last sentence he isn't blaming the nhl. he simply states he would love to continue to provide this service but the party's been ruined. I'm just saying he is already being forced to close his site; chastising the dude like he is ignorant of the law comes off as a little insulting.

I don't know why you got hit with a lot of negative reviews for something that is just so obvious.  I for one also thank the OP for his efforts.  At the same time, I have to agree with you.  This kind of thing wasn't going to last forever.  The NHL is a big business, and every major sport out there is looking to squash these free streaming sites.  Its a shame when it happens, because all they are doing is making this content available to those of us who don't have cable TV or don't have access to the game.  At the same time, we shouldn't be surprised.

Thanks again for your efforts!  It was good while it lasted.

It probably happened because it's so obvious it didn't need to be mentioned. OP isn't naive I'm sure. No need for "Duh, what did you expect" (paraphrase)or other remarks. thanking him for his time and efforts was really all that needed to be said.