To put it into perspective, he was that awful, on a significantly better team when it came to defense.
Confirmed with Link: Flyers Trade 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Round Picks For Tony DeAngelo And a 7th (Signs 2x$5M Ext)
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To put it into perspective, he was that awful, on a significantly better team when it came to defense.
BackToTheBrierePatch
Eff Cancer
Personally I don’t give a f*** who he voted for. Just keep your head down and play hockey.
Mkoll
Inkvisiittori
integrity matters to some, there are things more important than hockey.
JojoTheWhale
Lemme unload.
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When it comes to sports, no it doesn’t. See the Phillies 2008 World Series win. Just about everyone who has bashed the acquisition of DeAngelo because of his past cheered that team, bought the merchandise and celebrated when they won. If DeAngelo could actually help the Flyers win a lot, no one will ever mention anything about his past again.
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Who he voted for is not why people dislike him. Also he's pretty awful defensively.
This is total bullshit
A) whats this bout the 2008 Phillies?
B) Ill never support him regardless of what he does on the ice here, nor will I forget that he's a POS.
C) He aint winning shit here.
Ghosts Beer
I saw Goody Fletcher with the Devil!
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You’re completely avoiding my question.
It’s not about assets given.
It’s about who’s the better player this season & next?
Hollywood Cannon
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Beef Invictus
Revolutionary Positivity
I was told nobody would block him
Beef Invictus
Revolutionary Positivity
The assets given matter a lot though. The difference between them isn't worth the massive drain in assets.
Brett Myers beat his wife in public and everyone cheered when he was hitting RBIs in the playoffs. It’s not just Philadelphia. Kobe Bryant. Ray Lewis. Jameis Winston. Jim Brown is still revered even though he threw a woman off of a 2nd story balcony. There are idiots still defending Joe Paterno. Point being, if the team wins nobody cares.
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Fair points
I do think you can hate a player but still love the team they play on. For me its extra easy since I hate DeAngelo AND the Flyers
daynus
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As a Canadian, my thoughts are, if the media just dropped his past, and tell him, behave and keep your whatever you need to keep it to yourself, and if he does help turn things around, I will cheer for him.
I really don’t much care if the players are good or bad people only if it helps the team and in DeAngelo’s case, I don’t think he really helps. I would have rather the Flyers signed Mitch Miller if they were going to go this way.Fair points
I do think you can hate a player but still love the team they play on. For me its extra easy since I hate DeAngelo AND the Flyers
Gert B Frobe
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Like it was yesterday...
renberg
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If we knew the private lives of many of the athletes that play the games, a lot of us would be repulsed by them. TDA didn't have the brains/self-control to keep his to himself. There's no reason to move the goal posts and cite other jerks in the games. They're there and at times we find out about them and are saddened for it.
TDA is here to produce on the ice and behave himself. I don't know if NHL contracts include morals clauses that allow them to be negated if violated such as the one that the Dodgers are using on Bauer. If he keeps clean then he's living up to the contract that he signed. It's a two year deal. If he messes up, he's gone and probably out of the game in NA.
TDA is here to produce on the ice and behave himself. I don't know if NHL contracts include morals clauses that allow them to be negated if violated such as the one that the Dodgers are using on Bauer. If he keeps clean then he's living up to the contract that he signed. It's a two year deal. If he messes up, he's gone and probably out of the game in NA.
The Rage Kage
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Your question is completely asinine, there is no utility in entertaining it for even a second. You cant just ignore the context in which different transactions are evaluated.
BringBackHakstol
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I know people bring up politics, and yes, while I do hold that shit against him, I think how he treats other people and the words he says against him and he can f*** himself for that shit. Since he said the shit he did while in the NHL, no f***ing way does that change. Considering he's still in the NHL, there hasn't been much in the way of a punishment for the things he's said and done. Basically, as a person, he can go f*** himself.
Even ignoring that shit, the fact that his D sucked complete ass on a very defensive oriented team says volumes of how bad he is and should of never been signed for this much, let alone trade the picks for him. So whether it be on or off the ice, he sucks.
Even ignoring that shit, the fact that his D sucked complete ass on a very defensive oriented team says volumes of how bad he is and should of never been signed for this much, let alone trade the picks for him. So whether it be on or off the ice, he sucks.
BackToTheBrierePatch
Eff Cancer
Well sure. The racist bullshit I will not tolerate, but I am sure some of our favorite players voted for someone we all hate.
Cody Webster
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What a completely idiotic question. Sure, TDA is better than Ghost, but it isn't by a large margin and sure as hell not worth all the assets we gave up to A) get rid of Ghost and B) trade and sign a slight upgrade
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Id argue Ghost is better defensively..
Except of course his handedness. It’s absolutely amazing that this organization puts such a high priority on having lefty righty pairs yet pass on every highly ranked right handed defensemen in the draft every year even this year. Imagine they just drafted Jiricek instead of Gauthier and then they don’t have to move a 2nd, 3rd and 4th round pick and $5 million in capspace plus whatever else dumb moves they now have to make to create capspace. And before some mouth breather comes in and says Jiricek wouldn’t have helped this year, just realize the team hasn’t drafted a right handed defense above the 3rd round since 1998, the year Simon Gagne was drafted. I am sure they will be making another disastrous trade in a couple seasons for yet another terrible right handed defenseman.
Cody Webster
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No way....TDA was +30 last season, +30!!!!!
BrindamoursNose
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I directly answered your question, but then I decided to expand on my answer to add in things that definitely *do* matter in roster management.
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