The Vancouver Canucks find themselves under fire after comments from the agent of one of their top goaltending prospects went public this week. According to Darren Ferris, the past management regime made several obvious blunders with his client, Michael DiPietro - most notably, ignoring him almost entirely for stretches. The issue only got worse for DiPietro when the Canucks' new management regime took over and essentially buried him on the depth chart with the addition of Collin Delia in free agency and putting a heavier focus on developing Spencer Martin and Arturs Silovs.
The Canucks have already committed to working towards trying to find DiPietro a new home this summer. At just 23 years old, the Windsor, ON native still has plenty of time to turn things around and get himself back on track with a fresh start elsewhere - even if he does need to start out in the American Hockey League. In 34 games this past season with the Abbotsford Canucks, DiPietro posted a 15-13-4 record to go along with a 2.95 GAA and a .901 save percentage. A far cry from where his game was at during his time with the Windsor Spitfires in his Major Junior days.
