Player Discussion Tony DeAngelo: Part V

[FIRE DRURY]

@bernmeister thinks we realistically re-sign him for 4.2X8....

And despite that contract, wants to trade him after he signs that.

 

[Blue Blooded]

Most popular lockerroom cancer ever!

Anyone noticing a trend here? Tony is obviously next in line in the process of purging the #420HayesIt culture from our locker room.

 

[Deleted member 23124]

So with the regular season finished, DeAngelo was 4th in the NHL in points for defensemen this year. What a pleasant surprise.

Pleasant, yes....however, I'm still skeptical.

 

[Krams]

For the purposes of this thread, ADA's Twitter/podcast/etc is off-topic. Posts will be deleted and users removed if it continues.

 

[ThreeLeftSkates]

The man needs anger management, before he swings his stick at someone.

 

[JohnC]

Hajek sucks but I don't see the upside to playing an obviously injured DeAngelo this series. His skating is noticeably way off and that's probably his single biggest asset.

 

[Raspewtin]

he has to be hurt. his skating is absolutely not there.

 

[NYR Viper]

he has to be hurt. his skating is absolutely not there.

Yeah it's pretty evident that whatever is ailing him is in his lower body. For an undersized defenseman playing a good forechecking team, that's difficult to mask.

 

[Inferno]

Just came on here to ask wtf is wrong with him.

He looks absolutely awful out there.

 

[Sweetpotato]

You can tell he was moving the puck great, he just doesn't have that first step right now. He's been a favorite of mine to watch since the world juniors way back.

 

[DanielBrassard]

He's basically been reduced to making a stretch pass every time he touches the puck in the DZ because he can't move. What a f***ing doozy of a time to get hurt right before the series.

 

[E-Train]

The man needs anger management, before he swings his stick at someone.

Can’t believe AV had time to post in here instead of getting ready for game 2.

 

[haveandare]

Skating is definitely off but he’s also made some just terrible decisions with the puck. Simple stuff like putting it out in front of his own net

 

[Rempe73]

Hajek sucks but I don't see the upside to playing an obviously injured DeAngelo this series. His skating is noticeably way off and that's probably his single biggest asset.

No it’s not. His passing is the best on the team, and his best quality. Next is his vision. Then his skill. Then his skating. His agility is very good, but his speed is only above average.

 

[Thordic]

Skating is definitely off but he’s also made some just terrible decisions with the puck. Simple stuff like putting it out in front of his own net

If he's in some degree of pain, that can definitely impact your decision making process.

 

[haveandare]

If he's in some degree of pain, that can definitely impact your decision making process.

True enough.

 

[Rempe73]

You can tell he was moving the puck great, he just doesn't have that first step right now. He's been a favorite of mine to watch since the world juniors way back.

Lots of people exaggerate or go to the extremes on here. You’re correct in your observations

 

[Thirty One]

Skating is definitely off but he’s also made some just terrible decisions with the puck. Simple stuff like putting it out in front of his own net

When you can't create space for yourself, you have less time to make decisions and it will show in the decisions you make. He is unfortunately way too dumb to get away with being an average skater or worse.

 

[Rempe73]

When you can't create space for yourself, you have less time to make decisions and it will show in the decisions you make. He is unfortunately way too dumb to get away with being an average skater or worse.

His hockey IQ is actually really good offensively. Defensively he can be dumb sometimes but it’s mainly consistency issues. I guess I don’t see what you saw. He looked pretty good to me, despite looking a little slower. A couple bad decisions here and there, but very intelligent player like Fox also made bad decisions and had a worse game.

 

[NYRFAN218]

Wonder when/if it comes out that he was actually injured and if so, what the injury was. Because if he wasn't hurt then I don't know what to say because that was 3 absolutely horrid and putrid games. Everyone takes their share of the blame but in a series of a lot of bad, he somehow stood out.

 

[Thirty One]

Wonder when/if it comes out that he was actually injured and if so, what the injury was. Because if he wasn't hurt then I don't know what to say because that was 3 absolutely horrid and putrid games. Everyone takes their share of the blame but in a series of a lot of bad, he somehow stood out.

He was hurt. He wasn't practicing and I've seen him move before and it doesn't look like what we saw.

 

[East Coast Bias]

 

[JohnC]

He was hurt. He wasn't practicing and I've seen him move before and it doesn't look like what we saw.

It was beyond obvious. He’d get the puck behind the net on a breakout and instead of skating it out like he normally would he’d stand there for a full 5 minutes before making a weak ass stretch pass.

 

[DanielBrassard]

If he wasn't badly hurt then that was one of the most inexcusable 3 game performances I have seen from him.

 

[Thirty One]

It was beyond obvious. He’d get the puck behind the net on a breakout and instead of skating it out like he normally would he’d stand there for a full 5 minutes before making a weak ass stretch pass.

Another area it was really noticeable was moving in the zone on the PP. He's normally all-world in getting from either boards to the other on the blueline to keep pucks in.