Tony DeAngelo's contract with SKA St. Petersburg is terminated

[alko]

Slovak Extraliga teams have always a free spot for such stars.

 

[tabness]

 

[Zine]

What did you expect in a country where every single bit of critisism of the goverment is met with a prison sentence or defenestration? SKA, as in the army team, is an extension of the said goverment, speak against that and it's practically treason already.

You have no idea what you’re talking about.

 

[Zine]

Why would SKA lie, lol. I’d agree with your take if it was an excuse to leave an NHL a team, but any American living in Russia right now I would believe any “excuse” they have for coming home.

Because it’s in both DeAngelo and SKA’s interest to make it seem like the termination is “family related”.
Notice SKA gave the exact same reasoning for Michkov too.

 

[Zine]

True, its a tweener league. Besides Josh Leivo being #1 in scoring with 47 pts in 39 games the other North Americans are in 5th spot - Trevor Murphy a Canadian deeman who played a total of 8 NHL games. In 12th spot is Sheldon Rempal who had 3 pts in 21 NHL games before crossing the pond.

The NHL is exceedingly role specific. As such many NHLers would be outscored by the likes Leivo, Murphy, Rempal in the different style KHL game.

Shit, last year NHL reject Goldobin outscored his teammate Tsyplakov by 31 points. This year Tsyplakov is playing 16 min/game in the NHL.

 

[Reality Czech]

When someone who's a known locker room cancer like De Angelo or JT Miller claims "family" or "mental health" as an excuse to leave a team, I think it's valid to not simply take their excuses at face value.

Don't let the fact that most teammates liked him get in the way of your little story eh.

I guess every guy that has a minor dust up with a teammate is forever branded a "locker room cancer"

 

[kp61c]

nice offensive instincts but bad in his own zone. i guess they realized he was a luxury that they could do without. roro is an idiot, though.