Speculation: Roster Building Thread LXXX: MOAR sandpaper, guts & glory?

[Avery16]

I really liked JAM when he was on the pack. It was apparent he has talent and I think he did well there. It was really odd to me they didn’t keep him.

Like Zucc, he was too small for Torts

 

[romba]

He wrote an article where DeAngelo gets to explain himself, defend himself a bit, own up to some of his indiscretions. Brooks also then points out that the Herman piece (he doesn't mention Herman by name) has further damaged DeAngelo's reputation, and that that's not really fair, and isn't substantiated by people who have played with him (like Marc Staal) or know him (some random guys from his community). It's your standard "the monster in his own words" article and now he's catching all kinds of shit for writing something that doesn't make Tony out to be the antichrist. And then people get blocked by Brooks and post their DMs where he says "you're blocked" and now it's "Brooks is chicken shit and being mean to random women."

The whole thing is emblematic of what I hate about Twitter. And this is coming from a guy who really dislikes DeAngelo and knows that Brooks is a weenie. The reaction is all over the top, though.

Agreed, tribalism echo chamber of cancel culture, brought to you by Social Media™

 

[archanfelnsx]

Galchenyuk is not a Ranger.

 

[Avery16]

of course the biggest cuck of them all Dom Lcuzuczcztczicn is chiming in to try and get his clout, and calling Brooks' article "problematic" lmao . Twitter truly is the center of the clown universe

Can you imagine if your spouse was on Twitter and they saw someone in your profession with > 200k followers retweet someone claiming you stalk and berate women in their DMs? These people have no shame or integrity.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Galchenyuk is not a Ranger.

 

[TheDirtyH]

Tony had the chance to clear up just why he was excommunicated from the Rangers. I don't blame him for not doing so, but he didn't, thus speculation accelerates. There's no evidence Tony has been racist--unless you count support for Trump as a priori racist (which is foolish)--with the Rangers, so it's stupid to die on that hill. OTOH, what did Tony actually say in that article. His emotions can overtake him at times. Leaves a lot of room for notes in the margins.

 

[Fitzy]

Next stop KHL for Galchenyuk

Waste of god given talent on a lazy player

 

[TheBloodyNine]

The irony is that the Rangers probably encouraged Brooks to write the piece to help ADA’s trade value.

Team and agent

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Can you imagine if your spouse was on Twitter and they saw someone in your profession with > 200k followers retweet someone claiming you stalk and berate women in their DMs? These people have no shame or integrity.

its a disgrace. Brooks committed the heinous crime of being a white Boomer who took the problematic stance of not taking part in the public damnatio memoriae of ADA, therefore he is a racist and a sexist, and now he must be destroyed.

 

[pld459666]

Tony had the chance to clear up just why he was excommunicated from the Rangers. I don't blame him for not doing so, but he didn't, thus speculation accelerates. There's no evidence Tony has been racist--unless you count support for Trump as a priori racist (which is foolish)--with the Rangers, so it's stupid to die on that hill. OTOH, what did Tony actually say in that article. His emotions can overtake him at times. Leaves a lot of room for notes in the margins.

I have anfeeling that he's had numerous confrontations with coaching staff and some players that this vanilla team needed a safe space from so they removed TDA from the equation.

God forbid a teammate holds someone accountable in the room or on the ice at practice.

There's im sure better ways to do that than the tactics employed by DeAngelo which is why he's gone, but a good, confident head coach should be able to draw that out of the player.

 

[romba]

I don’t have any issues Tony getting the opportunity to say his piece but let’s not get it twisted. This was a coordinated puff piece to help him get traded faster.

This isn’t some noble attempt at journalism

you don't have issues with Tony saying his piece, you just have issues with the reporter giving him the pedestal to speak it, cool.

 

[Fitzy]

So, shifting conversational gears, how long is Reaunanen going to have to play well in Hartford to earn a callup?

 

[Machinehead]

you don't have issues with Tony saying his piece, you just have issues with the reporter giving him the pedestal to speak it, cool.

That's not what he said at all.

Brooks' piece wasn't DeAngelo saying his piece, it was a full page ad for the trade block. The Rangers have used Brooks this way for years.

If this were literally any other player it would be "yep Brooks shilling for upstairs again" like it always is.

 

[Avery16]

That's not what he said at all.

Brooks' piece wasn't DeAngelo saying his piece, it was a full page ad for the trade block. The Rangers have used Brooks this way for years.

He did the work that other journalists couldn't be bothered to do. Reported new, relevant information about the Sarnia incident, got quotes from a former teammate and defensive partner, and fact-checked another publication.

Does it also serve this other purpose? God, I hope so.

 

[Lion Hound]

There's still so much hate here. Most of it stemming from politics. Politics and Hockey to me should never mix. Politics and sports for that matter should never mix, unless that said player or player involved are no longer employed by the sports organizations. After sports, go into politics to be heard. I'm just not a fan of the cross-pollination. With it, comes agenda posting, writing, and steering. It makes things ugly. Turns people into something that they normally aren't.

So simple ask. For the people that choose to believe that Tony D is and was a racist. Would it make any sense to follow the team anymore? I mean, if the organization itself is willing to lie and cover it all up, then they must be even worse then the accused offender for turning their cheek on it? Are they all to be terminated now in the eyes of the non-believer? Larry Brooks? K'Andre? Staal? John Davidson? One of the most respected names in the Hockey World EVER! John Davidson himself. Has JD's character ever been in question? If Tony D is without question a bonafide racist in certain peoples eyes, it must go against everything that said person stands for thinking their own club was covering up for the supposed racist? I mean all the way at the top. Will you still tune in and watch, root, and cheer for them? Or, will you then look to voice your opinion enough so that any any "all people" involved in this brutal cover up be terminated from the organization?

 

[Raspewtin]

holy f*** tonys pre school club just don’t know when to stop

 

[Machinehead]

He did the work that other journalists couldn't be bothered to do. Reported new, relevant information about the Sarnia incident, got quotes from a former teammate and defensive partner, and fact-checked another publication.

Does it also serve this other purpose? God, I hope so.

It still had an expressed purpose and therefore probably shouldn't be taken as the whole, absolute truth.

That doesn't mean it's insidious on the part of Brooks and the Rangers, necessarily. All media is like this.

 

[Fitzy]

C'mon no one wants to talk about something else for a change??

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

That's not what he said at all.

Brooks' piece wasn't DeAngelo saying his piece, it was a full page ad for the trade block. The Rangers have used Brooks this way for years.

If this were literally any other player it would be "yep Brooks shilling for upstairs again" like it always is.

Reading comprehension is hard for some people lol

 

[Machinehead]

C'mon no one wants to talk about something else for a change??

Brett Howden is bad

 

[Avery16]

It still had an expressed purpose and therefore probably shouldn't be taken as the whole, absolute truth.

That doesn't mean it's insidious on the part of Brooks and the Rangers, necessarily. All media is like this.

So you're more willing to believe Herman than Brooks, is what youre saying?

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

That's not what he said at all.

Brooks' piece wasn't DeAngelo saying his piece, it was a full page ad for the trade block. The Rangers have used Brooks this way for years.

If this were literally any other player it would be "yep Brooks shilling for upstairs again" like it always is.

I don't even think its THAT layered.

Brooks had an opportunity to write a piece that would generate a ton of attention and garner clicks.

Mission Accomplished.

 

[Machinehead]

So you're more willing to believe Herman than Brooks, is what youre saying?

Absolutely not. You imagined that.

 

[SRHRangers]

Brett Howden is bad

Trouba can't hit the broadside of a barn with a shot from the point.

 

[17futurecap]

C'mon no one wants to talk about something else for a change??

Miller seems hurt