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"For the second time in two seasons, Islanders franchise goaltender Rick DiPietro will have season-ending hip surgery. The operation will take place today at Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., an NHL source said, and DiPietro is expected to recover in time for training camp in September. During the skills competition Jan. 26 while wearing a microphone for television, DiPietro was heard complaining about hurting a hip. He hasn't been 100 percent since, but he indicated it was the kind of thing he could play through. He still might be playing if the Islanders were in contention for a playoff berth, but since they aren't, the decision was made to have the surgery and get a jump on the recovery period."

This is the only problem with a 15 year c0ntract. It shouldn't be too serious, but you never know. Hopefully he will be back and healthy for the start of the season and with Kyle Okposo in the lineup they can have a much better year........ maybe.

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Islanders's defenseman Brendan Witt has been ruled out for the next two to four weeks with the sprained medial collateral knee ligament he suffered Tuesday night against Philadelphia. Witt, the Islander's top defenseman, has been the catalyst of the Islanders are likely to struggle on D and need players like Andy Sutton and Rick DiPietro to step up their game.

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