Player Discussion Tony DeAngelo

[FireGerardGallant]

Someone from the NYR staff needs to tell ADA to shut down the Twitter usage. Extremely unprofessional and immature.

What did he say was so in that tweet that could be taken as "unprofessional" or "immature"? Not like he went off and said bad things about Boomer. Boomer criticized him and he has the right to says something back. It was a well-constructed response. If that's considered immature you should see other athletes.
Also if you're talking about him retweeting a certain political figure, he has not done that in a while

 

[Inferno]

I have absolutely no problem with what he said. It was well articulated and complimentary of the fans.

Boomers tweet was such snarky douchebaggery.

Where's the standard for what boomer gets to say?

 

[haohmaru]

More importantly, he's getting better. Hopefully he sticks next year.

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

More importantly, he's getting better. Hopefully he sticks next year.

Should’ve stuck this year AV had him on the first pair with mcdonagh then the next week had him playing only powerplay 2 so Holden can get time and then he was sent down

 

[Richard Banger]

Someone from the NYR staff needs to tell ADA to shut down the Twitter usage. Extremely unprofessional and immature.

Huh? Is he not a f***ing human? Is he not allowed to have a life outside of hockey? So what if he replies to a hater. He doesn't take shit from anyone. I respect that. He's out there trying his hardest on a garbage team in a garbage system with a garbage coach. I applaud what he did and I hope he continues to do him.

Unprofessional my ass football and basketball players do this all the time

It's 2018 if the guy wants to be a savage than let him be a savage.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

He's a professional athlete. In the public domain. People are going to chirp you. Boomer is an old man in the stands at this point. As an NHL player / employee of the NYR you are held to a higher standard.

Go to work to get better instead of clapping back on your phone, comes off as very whiny and unprofessional. ADA has a lot bigger problems than Boomer giving him crap on twitter.

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

This is an ADA thread not a politics thread. Don’t ruin this for me.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Someone from the NYR staff needs to tell ADA to shut down the Twitter usage. Extremely unprofessional and immature.

You can’t be serious.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

How anyone could say ADA response was immature is absolutely hilarious..

 

[Hunter Gathers]

He's a professional athlete. In the public domain. People are going to chirp you. Boomer is an old man in the stands at this point. As an NHL player / employee of the NYR you are held to a higher standard.

Go to work to get better instead of clapping back on your phone, comes off as very whiny and unprofessional. ADA has a lot bigger problems than Boomer giving him crap on twitter.

I could see you saying this if he told Boomer to "f*** off" or something.

His response was articulate and very polite for the bullshit Boomer was spewing about him.

 

[GregSirico]

Someone from the NYR staff needs to tell ADA to shut down the Twitter usage. Extremely unprofessional and immature.

I'm not the biggest fan of ADA's "non hockey" thoughts (I will leave it at that) but what he said to Boomer is fine. I have nothing wrong with that comment. Now, if he responds to every random twitter buffoon and troll ... that can be an issue but Boomer is a NY Media guy who is a huge passionate Rangers fan and took a shot at him and ADA responded in a well put way. Depends on how you spin it, you could say it was more of a comment toward Booms to support the team and the youth movement.

 

[GAGLine]

I could see you saying this if he told Boomer to "**** off" or something.

His response was articulate and very polite for the bull**** Boomer was spewing about him.

I don't think ADA was wrong or that he said anything inflammatory, but no matter how articulate or polite he is, it's going to come off as being defensive. There's just no benefit to engaging in that conversation. If Boomer were to respond to ADA's response, what then? Does ADA respond again, this time in a less articulate and polite matter? It's best just to ignore it.

 

[GregSirico]

I don't have a problem with ADA's response to Boomer at all.

Boomer annoys me when he talks about hockey.

I will say this about Boomer, at least he literally gives a crap about this franchise. His comments might be ill put and sometimes misleading but he's passionate and cares. I'll take that any day than the fly by night baseball fans who just love who's hot (Mets a few years ago, Yankees now)

 

[tomobson]

ADA is not looking bad at all. There should be a lot of competition in training camp for d-positions so I'll be comfortable with whoever makes it out of camp and on the team. I am a little worried about the size we might have on the back-end but I'm not going to make a big deal out of it till we see what happens next season.

One thing for sure, is that these young defenders need to get away from AV as soon as possible.

 

[Nopuckluck]

Here’s a fact for you folks. If ADA’s past comments and political tweets were from the opposite side of the political spectrum, no one would have a problem with his past or his current tweeting.

 

[kovazub94]

Here’s a fact for you folks. If ADA’s past comments and political tweets were from the opposite side of the political spectrum, no one would have a problem with his past or his current tweeting.

Irrelevant how he got his reputation. Just as irrelevant that his message was not in itself controversial (thank God for that). There’s just no benefit for ADA to engage other than a personal indulgence. Please give me another prime reason if it’s not this.

 

[Nopuckluck]

Irrelevant how he got his reputation. Just as irrelevant that his message was not in itself controversial (thank God for that). There’s just no benefit for ADA to engage other than a personal indulgence. Please give me another prime reason if it’s not this.

To answe your question......because he is a proud athlete with a chip on his shoulder and he likes to defend himself. I love ALL of those things about him because it carries over in the ice. Boomer has a talk show so it’s not like ADA was responding to an average fan

 

[kovazub94]

To answe your question......because he is a proud athlete with a chip on his shoulder and he likes to defend himself. I love ALL of those things about him because it carries over in the ice. Boomer has a talk show so it’s not like ADA was responding to an average fan

Proud athlete could as well take a high road and do not respond. Whatever...

Gorton’s message recently used “character “ a lot. Did ADA earn any points in this category? I doubt and I hope he didn’t lose any.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Irrelevant how he got his reputation. Just as irrelevant that his message was not in itself controversial (thank God for that). There’s just no benefit for ADA to engage other than a personal indulgence. Please give me another prime reason if it’s not this.

Why does there have to be a "benefit"? Why can he not just be a human and respond when directly called out by a clown?

He's allowed to speak.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Proud athlete could as well take a high road and do not respond. Whatever...

Gorton’s message recently used “character “ a lot. Did ADA earn any points in this category? I doubt and I hope he didn’t lose any.

There are other aspects to having character than being some quiet boring typical hockey player. I think DeAngelo & Andersson both have character that some people would consider to be a flaw, but they both have an edge to them and a pulse, which is something that our organization has been lacking. I think we're building a team that has a lot of personality to it, you need a mix of personalities in the room. We've long had too many quiet "lead by example" types and there was so many times in the playoffs where we just lacked that fire or passion. ADA & Andersson definitely bring that, and then Howden & Lindgren are known for great leadership skills

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

If I was in D'Angelo's position, I would have probably responded with "Bite me, old man"

It could have been a lot worse

 

[Richard Banger]

There are other aspects to having character than being some quiet boring typical hockey player. I think DeAngelo & Andersson both have character that some people would consider to be a flaw, but they both have an edge to them and a pulse, which is something that our organization has been lacking. I think we're building a team that has a lot of personality to it, you need a mix of personalities in the room. We've long had too many quiet "lead by example" types and there was so many times in the playoffs where we just lacked that fire or passion. ADA & Andersson definitely bring that, and then Howden & Lindgren are known for great leadership skills

The more I think about it the more I like it. I loved how he doesn't take **** from anyone just like how I love Andersson throwing his medal into the crowed. I hope Gorts bring in more players like ADA and Andersson. I love players with a **** you let's give it everything attitude.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Nothing he said to Boomer was inappropriate. And I don't see anything wrong with what Boomer said either, was he wrong?

The thing thats wrong here is how we traded for DeAngelo to be one of the two main pieces in the Stepan deal, and he's not playing like an NHL defenseman. I'm not sure he's good enough to make the team next season.

 

[kovazub94]

Now we putting Andersson and ADA on the same footing? There’s really nothing else I can’t add if people don’t see a distinction or cannot appreciate nuances of what to do and what not to do when you’re merely a (dime-a-dozen) prospect with a reputation that needs to be rebuilt.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Now we putting Andersson and ADA on the same footing? There’s really nothing else I can’t add if people don’t see a distinction or cannot appreciate nuances of what to do and what not to do when you’re merely a (dime-a-dozen) prospect with a reputation that needs to be rebuilt.

I'd argue ADA has more elite talent & a higher ceiling than Andersson