Talk:Rick DiPietro

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Just an observation---Rick DiPietro is not a Canadian anything. He never even played on a Canadian team, juniors or otherwise. What's up with referring to him as a "Canadian rookie ice hockey goalie"???

[edit] Not the first goaltender to go first overall in the draft

That honor belongs to Michel Plasse —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DeadEyeArrow (talk • contribs) 04:46, 17 January 2007 (UTC).

True, it would be more accurate to call DiPietro the first goalie to be selected number one in the NHL Entry Draft. Prior to 1979, it was called the NHL Amateur Draft (as only players who had never played pro hockey were allowed to be drafted). The draft age was also lowered by one year in '79... --rsgdodge 20:18, 18 February 2007 (UTC)