Per CapFriendly, Vancouver Canucks goaltender Michael DiPietro has accepted his one-year qualifying offer. DiPietro’s offer carries an $840K cap hit and a $70K minors salary. DiPietro re-joins a crowded min0r-league goaltending situation in Vancouver, as the team already has prospect goalie Arturs Silovs in place as well as offseason signing Collin Delia.
DiPietro, 23, was drafted 64th overall at the 2017 draft. A star in the OHL, DiPietro has had a difficult transition to professional hockey. DiPietro played 36 games as a rookie for the Utica Comets in 2019-20 and did well, going 21-11-2 with a .908 save percentage. DiPietro’s 2020-21 was a nightmare, as he barely saw the ice thanks to a mix of injuries and his situation as a third goalie.
DiPietro’s 2021-22 was okay, but not the resounding step forward many were hoping for. In 34 AHL games, DiPietro went 15-13-4 with a .901 save percentage. CHEK’s Rick Dhaliwal reported in June that the Canucks and DiPietro could be headed for a divorce this offseason, and it could be that a change of scenery is what DiPietro needs to live up to the hype as a prospect that he once held.
is Rick Dipietro still under contract with the islanders
@Goku the All Knowing – Kind of. Ricky-D will get checks (or Direct Deposit) from the Isles for that buyout through 2028-29 (CapFriendly)
Yes, he is. Paid every July 1st just like bobby bonilla
I still remember the goalie fight where Rick DiPietro was expecting Brent Johnson to be Hulk Hogan and got Mike Tyson instead.
@forwhomjoshbelltolled – That’s a blast from the past! Thumbs up!
Of course you deep thinkers don’t grasp the concept of money and how little this amount actually is to these teams. But you get to pretend to know about it on an annual basis, while providing the rest of us some cheap entertainment.
Yes, Dog…only you understand money.
(Pssst…hey Dog,
FYI, the whole Hiding Your Insecurity Behind Hostility thing isn’t really working…
You need to either really tamp down the insecurity or really ramp up the hostility.
Your ratio is off. )
Kings should get him on the cheap!
His 20-21 season was bad because of Vancouver’s handling of him. A good prospect goaltender should be on the ice, not toiling on the taxi squad all season. They took a year of his development and threw it away