NHL Thread

[Krylian]

Hates to f***ing admit it but the Habs are looking good.

 

Patience. We've seen hot starts from the Habs before. Let's see where they are at game 35.

[Spanky99]

Matty 34 snipe!

[Spanky99]

Too many penalties, but I'll take that W.

[Krylian]

Too many penalties, but I'll take that W.

 

Those were some of the weakest penalties I've seen called. Those two on Kerfoot...say what?

[Spanky99]

Those were some of the weakest penalties I've seen called. Those two on Kerfoot...say what?

 

Yeah the calls were weak both ways, Kerfoot's face said it all.

 

I've got the Devils/Sabres game on, since when did they start singing the Canadian Anthem at games in America?

[Spanky99]

Nice stop Freddy, Lehtonen saves a goal, nice.

[Krylian]

That was quite a goal by McDavid.

[Slot Machine]

Yeah the calls were weak both ways, Kerfoot's face said it all.

 

I've got the Devils/Sabres game on, since when did they start singing the Canadian Anthem at games in America?

 

Its just Buffalo, they've been doing it for a while. IIRC, a large chunk of Sabres season ticket holders are from Canada.

[JG34]

Rangers put DeAngelo on waivers, have had enough of his antics off the ice.

[Laika]

Rangers put DeAngelo on waivers, have had enough of his antics off the ice.

 

Sounds like he fought a teammate?

 

He'll probably end up in Florida and him and Duclair will fight to the death

[TheHurl]

Rangers haven't had a captain for 2 years. Someone punched DeAngelo as a move to get the C

[JG34]

From Rick Carpiniello at the Athletic:

 

The last straw for Tony DeAngelo and the Rangers apparently occurred moments after he was on the ice for the overtime goal that gave Pittsburgh a 5-4 overtime win on Saturday night at the Garden.

 

Three sources have confirmed to The Athletic that there was indeed an altercation involving DeAngelo and goalie Alexandar Georgiev in the tunnel that leads to the Rangers’ locker room. Incidentally, Georgiev was held out of practice for “maintenance” on Sunday. The altercation was quickly broken up.

 

The Rangers did not confirm or deny the incident occurred.

 

“There’s always rumors, as you know,” Rangers coach David Quinn said. “I’m not going to address rumors. This isn’t about one incident. It’s not about one thing. It’s a situation the organization felt was best at this current time and we’ll see how the situation plays out.

 

“It’s part of the business. It’s a decision we made. You’re always sitting down, evaluating your organization. It’s something we did. We’ll see how it plays out. … I don’t want to get into specifics. In 24 hours we’ll probably be able to be more specific and address the situation differently.”

 

DeAngelo, who was on the ice for four of Pittsburgh’s five goals, was on notice for a while – from his controversial social media posts through his “maturity” issues that got him benched at least twice in the last three seasons – including a two-game vacation for an unnecessary unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on opening night.

 

Now this. On Sunday, the Rangers placed DeAngelo on waivers, meaning he can be claimed by any team until noon on Monday. He did not practice with the team on Sunday.

 

DeAngelo came to the Rangers with a reputation as a hot head, and for missteps along the way, as he was suspended twice in the OHL for violating the league’s harassment, abuse and diversity policy due and suspended once in juniors and again with the Coyotes for abuse of an official.

 

He had been scolded by the team multiple times for his social media postings, and eventually, recently stopped posting.

 

Clearly there was going to be a line he couldn’t cross, and he ultimately did anyway. It didn’t help that his play has been awful so far this season – one single assist, and poor defensive play, albeit with a couple of partners (Jack Johnson and Brendan Smith) who have found their way out of the lineup repeatedly. DeAngelo’s defensive game wasn’t an issue the last two seasons with steady Marc Staal as a partner, and his puck-moving and offense more than made up for it. Staal was traded to Detroit in a salary-cap move over the offseason.

 

DeAngelo and Georgiev had a miscommunication almost immediately before the winning goal was scored Saturday, resulting in a turnover or, at least, a failed chance to clear the zone and get three exhausted players – DeAngelo, Mika Zibanejad and Artemi Panarin – off the ice.

 

This is clearly more than DeAngelo’s on-ice performance. The Rangers certainly scoured the market for a trade partner for DeAngelo, even after signing him to a two-year contract with a $4.8 million annual cap hit to avoid arbitration in October.

 

It is fair to say there was barely a market, if any, for DeAngelo in a trade. Certainly his baggage weighs heavily into that, because teams would normally line up for a 25-year-old right-handed offensive defenseman under cost control.

 

The Rangers have righty Jacob Trouba, one of their alternate captains, and righty Adam Fox, their best defenseman, here for the long-term. Nils Lundkvist, a highly-touted, skilled righty and a first-round pick in 2018, is likely coming at the end of this season. So it was never likely DeAngelo would be around for long.

 

He even had been given a shot in training camp to switch to the left side as Trouba’s much-needed partner on the first pair, but the experiment didn’t even last as long as the camp. Rookie K’Andre Miller has since grabbed that spot in the lineup.

 

There’s an excellent chance DeAngelo will clear waivers Monday at noon. Then the Rangers’ next move will be really interesting. Obviously they have a plan for him not clearing. And obviously they don’t mind if he’s claimed.

 

They could assign DeAngelo to Hartford or the taxi squad and save money on the cap hit. It’s not likely they would just cut him loose and eat the cap hit.

 

Quinn said Anthony Bitetto, signed as a free agent during the offseason, will make his Rangers debut on defense Monday against Pittsburgh. Brendan Smith will also remain in the lineup, rather than prospect Libor Hájek, who remains on the taxi squad.

[TheHurl]

There are rumours that Georgiev is the player that punched him. DeAngelo last year made and then deleted some comments about Georgiev's MLK mask

[RobinThicc]

Deangelo will be out of this league and starting his own podcast in no time!

[Spanky99]

Damn, covid wiped out the Sabres till the 11th, suxxxxx'

[Spanky99]

Josh Anderson is flourishing in MTL.

[jays4life19]

GO Canucks GO

[Spanky99]

lol... JFL is the NHL plague.

[Spanky99]

GO LEAFS GO!!!

 

[Spanky99]

3 games PPD cause of covid...

[jays4life19]

GO CANUCKS GO!~!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

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[Spanky99]

WTF was Muzzin and Holl doing there?

[Spanky99]

Nice goal by the 4th line.

[jays4life19]

Vancouver suxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Spanky99]

Hatty for Spezza!!!

[havok24]

Hatty for Spezza!!!

 

BTS has an obligation to do what is right and admit that he loves the Leafs. He does not need to continue deceiving himself into thinking he can go another day watching the Canucks playing hockey.

[JG34]

Awesome to see for Spezza!

[Spanky99]

BTS has an obligation to do what is right and admit that he loves the Leafs. He does not need to continue deceiving himself into thinking he can go another day watching the Canucks playing hockey.

 

No way, he carries around a black cloud with him. lol

[Spanky99]

Leafs still taking dumb penalties.

[Spanky99]

Feisty scrap!