"Adding Marty gives us three bona fide No. 1 goalies. We learned about the importance of stability in our lineup from last year and he now allows us to have another quality starter." -New York Islanders General Manager Garth Snow
That is the formal way of backing the Islanders signing of Martin Biron (29-19-5, 2.76 GAA for Flyers last year) to a 1 year/$1.4 million deal.
What Snow really meant was:
"Adding Marty gives us three former No. 1 goalies. We learned over the last few years that Rick DiPietro should never be counted on to play more than 5 games in a season. Biron, and the recently signed Dwayne Roloson, should account for the other 77 games in net during the 2009-2010 campaign. Biron and the 40 year-old (in October) Roloson should combine for the best goalie duo out on the island since 2001-2002 when I went 10-7-2 and Chris Osgood went 32-25-6. It won't make a difference anyway, as our team will still come in last in the Atlantic Division during the upcoming season. Hopefully Biron still has a few quality years left in him, and can anchor us in a few years when we may make the playoffs. I hope he likes Kansas City barbecue. Who knows-maybe DP realizes that we are fed up with his injuries and are replacing him with a solid player instead of a random guy from Bridgeport, and will stop getting hurt."
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