Well he isn't playing right now, maybe he's just home for the holidays, but Rick was one of 6 players involved in Mondays Labor talks per ESPN
"Six players participated in Monday's session: Martin St. Louis, Shane Doan, Ron Hainsey, Chris Campoli, Jamal Mayers and Rick DiPietro."
http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/87...s-talk-tuesday