Rumor: DeAngelo to KHL

[NYR94]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1819820645200306246

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[belair]

Another guy who puts up high end offense if he's given the rope. But he can't latch on to an NHL team because he's an asshole.

 

[SpezDispenser]

How much of a prick do you have to be to not even be able to get an offer in the NHL?

 

[MXD]

That feels appropriate from a skill level perspective.

 

[dracom]

KHL, where all the trash that the NHL doesn't want ends up. good riddance.

 

[Czechboy]

When a Czech player goes to KHL.. I'm always sad as it was a player I liked who couldn't crack NHL. When a north american goes to KHL.. usually a criminal or asshole.. or both!

 

[joestevens29]

Shocking that a guy that a team was trying to give away last year ends up in Russia

 

[Michoulicious]

Good frickin riddance.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

We need a sad emoji on the reactions!

 

[Russian_fanatic]

Guy is in his prime, has displayed the ability to be a top 4 defenseman on a good team, while being a rare RHD who can put up 50+ points yearly...

But he gets zero offers because he is that toxic to a locker room. Character matters.

 

[Oleksiak]

How much of a prick do you have to be to not even be able to get an offer in the NHL?

He's not only a terrible person, he's a massive liability in his own zone. Regardless of offensive output, his defensive play is nowhere close to an acceptable standard.

 

[Curufinwe]

He was super bad on D in his one year in Philly.

 

[hockeykicker]

Appears original tweet was deleted

 

[12ozPapa]

No, stop, please don’t go.

Good riddance.

 

[hockeykicker]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1819860305024835861

Fwiw

 

[Svechhammer]

Another guy who puts up high end offense if he's given the rope. But he can't latch on to an NHL team because he's an asshole.

Man there are plenty of shitheads in this league and in sports in general.

TDA isn't getting any chances because he's dog shit at defensive hockey.

 

[EpochLink]

Bye *****

 

[Derailed75]

Guy is in his prime, has displayed the ability to be a top 4 defenseman on a good team, while being a rare RHD who can put up 50+ points yearly...

But he gets zero offers because he is that toxic to a locker room. Character matters.

He has said some really dumb shit in the past no question about it. But we can stop the "locker room cancer" aspect. He is not as a matter of fact he is well liked by his team mates. The cancer in NY was Georgiev not TDA. Pretty much every Ranger that was on that team with him confirmed it and his time as a Cane was the same.

 

[HockeyFan100]

Oilers missed their guy.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Obviously there is a lot to say about who he is off-ice. For the KHL team this is honestly a dynamic signing on ice. I think he will be good there, people don’t have to root for that at all. Giving him more space should help his game.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Matt Grzcelyk is basically a half as good Tony D’Angelo, but the former gets NHL offers just because he’s not a douche bag.

 

[BKarchitect]

Guy is in his prime, has displayed the ability to be a top 4 defenseman on a good team, while being a rare RHD who can put up 50+ points yearly...

But he gets zero offers because he is that toxic to a locker room. Character matters.

What a ridiculous overrating of his actual play.

He’s not going to the KHL because he’s a criminal or asshole, he’s going because he was a garbage non-factor 7th defenseman last year.

 

[Derailed75]

What a ridiculous overrating of his actual play.

He’s not going to the KHL because he’s a criminal or asshole, he’s going because he was a garbage non-factor 7th defenseman last year.

He was 7th D on one of if not the best D core in the league, he can easily be a mid pair guy on a team like say the Utah club, or Columbus. Theres a spot for him in the NHL. Just need a team to give him a shot.

 

[Petes2424]

Tony is gonna light up the KHL. It’ll be fun to watch. Maybe those KHL fans with blinders, will finally admit how far the quality of play has dropped in recent years.

When McLeod is penciled in as a “1st Line C” and Tony DeAngelo will likely lead the league in Dman scoring, maybe people will finally figure it out.

It’s just a different game than it used to be in the KHL. That’s what happens when all of those running Russian Hockey, all came to North America in the 90s and early 2000s to coach, leaving Russia’s minor and junior systems, in the hands of “System” coaches, who despised the wide open game. 20 years later, the game has suffered because of it.

Hopefully with so many former NHL players getting involved with Russian Hockey.. who all came from the “skills era”, they will be able to change the core beliefs of the failed system guys, and we see things get back to where they belong in Russia.

It’s a great example of how closed minded Hockey needs to be a thing of the past. It’s funny cause I remember when both Hockey Canada and USA Hockey fought against skill development too. There was a ton of hate for these Russian coaches who came over to America. Then all of a sudden these Russian coached teams, started lighting leagues up and producing top players for Junior hockey. Took Canada another 5 years to accept it after USA Hockey did, but it’s been the best thing for ice hockey in North America in generations. Where Russia went the other way. Lol. Back to old school systems.

 

[Treb]

When a Czech player goes to KHL.. I'm always sad as it was a player I liked who couldn't crack NHL. When a north american goes to KHL.. usually a criminal or asshole.. or both!

The KHL can be a way better pay than any NA league that is not the NHL.