Waived: Tony DeAngelo

[LokiDog]

I'm not sure how many teams would take him without getting the full story on what happened and I doubt NYR will be willing to brief other teams about this in the next 12 hours

I think a team like Ottawa who is getting killed, is in full rebuild mode and has 11M in cap space would still take a shot. It’s a free asset who scored almost 60 points last year.

 

[Irishguy42]

This is bad asset management, tbh, and Gorton should be held to the fire over this.

EDIT: That being said, it's also hilarious

 

[Anthony5967]

Maybe he can get a job at Avery's bar.

there isn’t one guy on this team right now that plays the game like Avery did, or cares as much

 

[DialUp]

I NEED to know. Imagine it was Laf

or Panarin. He’s a live wire. Or quiet gentle Kakko.


Or it was Quinn!

Sweet sweet Kakko, he wouldn't punch a stoat.

 

[LokiDog]

My money would be on Smith. Wouldn't be the first time and he looked ready to kill someone last night.

If it was Smith, after also being benched last night, they’d both be on waivers lol

 

[JohnC]

you know what, there are millions of NYR fans who don't give a flying f about his views being unacceptable to *some*. Or about his views at all.

Cool.

Can’t imagine the ownership and management of a billion dollar sports franchise care in your scenario.

 

[Tob]

This is one of them situations where Gorton needs to have a presser or a press release about this and nip it in the bud. No point of dodging the obvious questions and letting social media and frankly the entire league that has an appetite for a negative DeAngelo story fester and rumor into a mess.

 

[lakeshirts37]

Possible, just a bit, that it made him more punchable?

He probably mouthed to a coach or something.

No I really don’t think it has anything to do with politics. Take politics out...he still has a prickly personality and likes to run his mouth as you mention. He’s very punchable because of this lol.

 

[JT Kreider]

If he really got punched by a teammate that is more of an indictment on who did it than Tony

 

[LokiDog]

Sweet sweet Kakko, he wouldn't punch a stoat.

That’s why it would be so epic. This quiet, gentle giant, with tears in his eyes, just flat out decks Tony.

 

[DialUp]

Have you heard of QAnon haha

Right now there are TD fans going "Hold the line, trust the plan!"

 

[Tob]

If he really got punched by a teammate that is more of an indictment on who did it than Tony

Ya, whoever did the punching, no way they'd be on the ice today.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

But Kupo told me he was the next coming of Leetch

Really? When did I say this?

 

[Machinehead]

If he really got punched by a teammate that is more of an indictment on who did it than Tony

Depends on what he said.

He has a history of racial abuse. That's not speculation.

 

[Fitzy]

If this is the end of his time with the Rangers, there must be a trade coming, right? Can't go with Johnson-Smith for the rest of the year.

Don't tempt fate

Maybe Hajek gets another look. Now that we don't have ADA to protect in expansion, they don't have to worry about losing him to Seattle

 

[Anthony5967]

Until we find out too what exactly happened, people oughta pump the breaks. Now politics is tearing its ugly head in here. That’s when the Convo goes off the rails and gets ugly.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

All the people that said they only cared about tonys hockey are now blaming this on politics and ignoring his hockey....funny shit.

How about we do both?

 

[Dr. Ogrodnick]

Ya, whoever did the punching, no way they'd be on the ice today.

Unless De'angelo started the altercation and Kreider finished it.

 

[LokiDog]

Actually... most likely scenario here is he flipped out on Georgiev for that play behind the net in OT. Maybe Zib and Panarin too. Either Georgiev or Panarin socked him, or a teammate sticking up for Georgiev.

 

[Tob]

Unless De'angelo started the altercation and Kreider finished it.

still workplace violence.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Do we know if the fight rumor is true? @bobbop @BBKers @Edge

 

[Tob]

 

[RGY]

Unfortunately

He was one of their best defenseman the last two games..

 

[DialUp]

With bated breath...

 

[Fitzy]

Let's wait to hear more information about his behavior before we judge this decision.

I'm disappointed, and especially disappointed that they weren't able to trade him, but he was increasingly becoming redundant on the ice as well with how Fox is doing.