Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part LXXVI - On the Brink of Wasteland

[Beer League Sniper]

To this point, ADA's personal life and beliefs have been separate from his locker room interactions.

In recent weeks, there has been a breach of that separation. The problem is that it's been...abrasive and causing problems behind the scenes. To this point, it's been an annoyance. But last night's altercation apparently goes beyond just Georgiev.

It was the way he went after Georgiev, and the way he reacted to those who jumped into separate them. The latter almost led to another altercation in the locker room.

Basically, Tony is f***ed because he cannot control himself and now it has become a locker room issue.

As for the state of the Rangers, views around the league are nowhere near as bleak as the board.

I surmised this after the door slam scratching.

This is what I posted:

The Tony thing has to be about more than just the extra penalty, whether Quinn wants to admit it or not.

He was pulled off the left side of the "top" pair with Trouba, and moved back to "bottom" pair RD. Did he react poorly to that?

The January 6th insurrection happened right in the middle of training camp. Tony is outspoken about his politics, as we know. Was he causing an issue in camp, not being able to shut up about it?

There's more here. The penalty is something you get bag skated and benched for a period for, not an entire game.

I was largely dismissed. Anyone who read that kid’s Twitter could see he was one of those people who would never be able to keep their mouth shut about what happened on January 6th, and everything surrounding that.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

What an amazing week to be a Mets/Rangers fan. View attachment 391019

I’m a Mets/Rangers/Bills fan. I’m literally hanging on by a thread right now....

@MahomesIsGod — I hope you have a bad hair day next Sunday.

 

[nyr2k2]

You know, if they do lose him for "nothing", it's worth keeping in mind that we're in an era where teams trade actual assets just for cap space. So, freeing up $4.8M in cap space IS something. It's obviously not what you'd have hoped for given what he did last year, but it's still something of value.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Tony definitely has some anger issues. Why would you bark to your teammates after loss? Blaming others is a great way to lower moral of the whole team. And now if he has turned against even those guys who came to stop the whole thing makes Tony look uncontrollable, mad and what else.

Let's not pretend a player has never barked at another teammate. For crying out loud Lundqvist did this from time to time. It's an emotional game.

 

[Greg02]

It's times like this that make you really want to discuss whether our decision to draft Hugh Jessiman in 2003 tells you anything about our current prospect evaluation.

 

[Machinehead]

I’ve spent 6 years at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Very liberal. The amount of brainwashing is crazy. And students listen. They really do. People have no idea. You’re one professor. I’ve dealt with 50+. Just because you don’t try to brainwash anyone, doesn’t mean others don’t. It’s very subtle, but hey, if I was a professor myself, I might try to impose my world view on my students too.

You give us too much credit. There's barely enough time in the day to cover the bare minimum of what I have to cover. If I had enough time to include some f***ing scheme about imparting my worldview, I'd spend that time remembering to eat.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Oh so this is where you draw the line? Being biased against Miller? Ok. We’ll wait for more sources.

It’s a bit unhealthy that you’ve managed to misrepresent or finagle 4-5 different poster’s comments just so you could retain your unofficial position of know it all morality police. It’s like a weird co-dependency on warping what strangers are saying to validate your feelings.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Tony has been smart enough to mostly watch himself on twitter from the bare-faced stuff but his family, not so much. I'm not gonna post it here, but anyone can feel free to PM me.

And he was definitely suspended in juniors for using homophobic slurs. I have a hard time believing he would never be racist.

There isn't evidence that anything specifically happened with K'Andre but I don't get how people are astounded that this is coming up.

No other Ranger in my lifetime has been accused of it in this way. Do you think everyone is just out to get this guy?

I think some are, including the guy who authored this rumor. No other Ranger in our lifetime has been THIS vocal about his political views either. He gets a ton of hate for that alone (some of it warranted, some of it is way over board.)

I don't agree with any of DeAngelo's politics in the slightest. I do think slapping the racist label on him is a bit much, especially with out any evidence.

 

[Machinehead]

I think some are, including the guy who authored this rumor. No other Ranger in our lifetime has been THIS vocal about his political views either. He gets a ton of hate for that alone (some of it warranted, some of it is way over board.)

I don't agree with any of DeAngelo's politics in the slightest. I do think slapping the racist label on him is a bit much, especially with out any evidence.

But you would it surprise you even remotely?

 

[Edge]

You know, if they do lose him for "nothing", it's worth keeping in mind that we're in an era where teams trade actual assets just for cap space. So, freeing up $4.8M in cap space IS something. It's obviously not what you'd have hoped for given what he did last year, but it's still something of value.

I will say that reports seem to indicate that ADA’s value around the league was never as high as it was on here.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Is Benoit Allaire still coaching our goalies? or he does it from Quebec via Zoom?

Allaire was so upset that HL was bought out, that he’s clearly sabotaging our young netminders.

 

[duhmetreE]

But you would it surprise you even remotely?

oof

 

[Edge]

To be clear I don’t think ADA has been doing anything particularly targeted based on race. I think the issue has been his...perception of the broader conversation.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Tony definitely has some anger issues. Why would you bark to your teammates after loss? Blaming others is a great way to lower moral of the whole team. And now if he has turned against even those guys who came to stop the whole thing makes Tony look uncontrollable, mad and what else.

E: I really don't pity the guy. He has privilege to play in the best hockey league in the world, and make some nice money, and now he is ruining it with bad temper and anger issues.

Good riddance!

Yeah, pretty pathetic actually

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

But you would it surprise you even remotely?

It wouldn't surprise me if he had those thoughts.

It would surprise me if he verbally directed them towards someone else.

 

[Tob]

This board being more divided than the locker room right now. This is going to be the longest 56 game year.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I will say that reports seem to indicate that ADA’s value around the league was never as high as it was on here.

Hard to believe every other team in the league wasn’t busting down our door for a loud mouth offensive defenseman who can’t defend if it his depended on it

 

[Alluckks]

You give us too much credit. There's barely enough time in the day to cover the bare minimum of what I have to cover. If I had enough time to include some f***ing scheme about imparting my worldview, I'd spend that time remembering to eat.

The environment that lends toward communal thinking and almost a sort of peer pressure does a lot more for it imo

Seldom do any professors do any of that stuff in my experience. But, I definitely have seen a rare professor or so be more than willing to impart their worldview, and when outspoken classmates align themselves with that it can make for some awfully interesting classes when things get sidetracked. I saw it more in grad school than undergrad.

 

[NYRFAN218]

Since the original publishing of this story, multiple sources confirmed to Blueshirt Banter one incident that involved DeAngelo keeping the puck from Miller’s first NHL goal scored against the Buffalo Sabres on January 26. DeAngelo, who was on the ice for Miller’s goal, collected the puck from the net as shown in the gif below.

Report: DeAngelo, Georgiev Allegedly had ‘Altercation’ Following Loss vs Pittsburgh

 

[Machinehead]

It wouldn't surprise me if he had those thoughts.

It would surprise me if he verbally directed them towards someone else.

Right, and there's a reason for that.

Again, I'm not saying he did or he didn't, but people clutching pearls at the possibility as if sweet Tony would never are seeing what they want to see.

 

[Leonardo87]

So best player so far, toss up between Buchnevich, Fox, and Miller?

 

[EdJovanovski]

Since the original publishing of this story, multiple sources confirmed to Blueshirt Banter one incident that involved DeAngelo keeping the puck from Miller’s first NHL goal scored against the Buffalo Sabres on January 26. DeAngelo, who was on the ice for Miller’s goal, collected the puck from the net as shown in the gif below.

Report: DeAngelo, Georgiev Allegedly had ‘Altercation’ Following Loss vs Pittsburgh

BlueshirtBanter & Herman have been trying to run Tony out of town since we traded for him, I will personally give you $1000 if that story is verified. And I hope Tony sues those losers for libel lol

 

[I Eat Crow]

Since the original publishing of this story, multiple sources confirmed to Blueshirt Banter one incident that involved DeAngelo keeping the puck from Miller’s first NHL goal scored against the Buffalo Sabres on January 26. DeAngelo, who was on the ice for Miller’s goal, collected the puck from the net as shown in the gif below.

Report: DeAngelo, Georgiev Allegedly had ‘Altercation’ Following Loss vs Pittsburgh

That's so f***ed up.

 

[Alluckks]

Since the original publishing of this story, multiple sources confirmed to Blueshirt Banter one incident that involved DeAngelo keeping the puck from Miller’s first NHL goal scored against the Buffalo Sabres on January 26. DeAngelo, who was on the ice for Miller’s goal, collected the puck from the net as shown in the gif below.

Report: DeAngelo, Georgiev Allegedly had ‘Altercation’ Following Loss vs Pittsburgh

That just sounds absolutely bizarre

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Since the original publishing of this story, multiple sources confirmed to Blueshirt Banter one incident that involved DeAngelo keeping the puck from Miller’s first NHL goal scored against the Buffalo Sabres on January 26. DeAngelo, who was on the ice for Miller’s goal, collected the puck from the net as shown in the gif below.

Report: DeAngelo, Georgiev Allegedly had ‘Altercation’ Following Loss vs Pittsburgh

I could see Tony doing this as a “haha jokey joke keeping the rooks puck” thing but holy shit does this guy not know how to read the room lol

it’s almost unbelievable