TSN.ca Staff
9/13/2006 12:37:47 AM
It was, by any standard you care to use, a remarkable day in the short history of the post-lockout NHL.
Unprecedented doesn't begin to do it justice. Unbelievable is more like it.
First there was the 15-year, $67.5 million contract between netminder Rick DiPietro and the New York Islanders, a deal that left other NHL general managers shaking their head in disbelief.
''Crazy,'' one NHL GM told TSN. ''Just (expletive deleted) crazy.''
But that was just a warm-up to the seismic activity of the afternoon, when the Philadelphia Flyers extended an offer sheet to restricted free agent centre Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks.
TSN : TSN*TALENT - Canada's Sports Leader
9/13/2006 12:37:47 AM
It was, by any standard you care to use, a remarkable day in the short history of the post-lockout NHL.
Unprecedented doesn't begin to do it justice. Unbelievable is more like it.
First there was the 15-year, $67.5 million contract between netminder Rick DiPietro and the New York Islanders, a deal that left other NHL general managers shaking their head in disbelief.
''Crazy,'' one NHL GM told TSN. ''Just (expletive deleted) crazy.''
But that was just a warm-up to the seismic activity of the afternoon, when the Philadelphia Flyers extended an offer sheet to restricted free agent centre Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks.
TSN : TSN*TALENT - Canada's Sports Leader
