There has been a lot of chatter about the Islanders owner Charles Wang. He has been bludgeoned by media pundits and fans across the NHL landscape for being clueless and out of touch with reality with his 10-year contract for Alexi Yashin, the 15-year contract for Rick DiPietro and countless other moves.
The way that DiPietro has played this season provides Wang with some vindication. However, a recent revelation from former GM Mike Millbury provides an interesting twist. It was Wang who insisted that Millbury trade away Olli Jokinen and Roberto Luongo to the Florida Panthers for Mark Parrish and Oleg Kvasha and use the first pick in the draft to take DiPietro. Millbury indicated that he had intended to take Marian Gaborik with the first overall pick.
Both Parrish and Kvasha are now gone. So yes DiPietro is finally playing some solid hockey. But instead of DiPietro, wouldn't the Islanders be better off with Luongo, Jokinen and Gaborik?
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