In hockey news today, Rick DiPietro, goalie for the New York Islanders signed a 15year $67.5 million contract. This contract is very long for NHL terms. Probably the longest ever in fact. That is defintely a long term commitment, not only by the team but the player. I don’t know if I were in the same situation if I could make the same decision. I think I would must prefer the shorter contracts. That way it would push me to work harder since I won’t be guaranteed anything once the contract is done. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=177223&hubname=nhl