Player Discussion Anthony DeAngelo (Mod warning in OP and post 197. READ IT)

[Mac n Gs]

um..... you are a ny ranger now kid.

philthy stuff dont work

Tony D just became my new favorite player

 

[Player big P]

The character issues were all true!

 

[Larrybiv]

Well, if he's an Eagles fan then sliding over to "big blue" probably wouldn't be an option. Since he likes green maybe the Jets are an option? Hmmmm, I'm a Jets fan, so I wouldn't suggest that for his sake.

Final answer......concentrate on hockey.

 

[One Winged Angel]

um..... you are a ny ranger now kid.

philthy stuff dont work

Boooooooooooooo

 

[BlueshirtBlitz]

Of course he's an Eagles fan...

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Of course he's an Eagles fan...

Hayes is a Patriots fan. I don't give a ****

 

[ThirdEye]

Guy looks rail thin...

 

[Levitate]

Guy looks rail thin...

lol give me a break

 

[offdacrossbar]

lol give me a break

he's my size. im 6'0 @ 188

thats hardly rail thin.

i continue to believe this kid is gonna surprise alot of people here.

I've seen him play maybe 20 games in person. always, and i mean always, stood out as one of the better players on the ice anytime i saw him. and thats on a pretty talented crunch (tampa) team.

he does look small on occasion but he's so smooth with the puck, calm and poised and makes wizard like passes. and he controls the play so well on the pp point. really looks like he's born to play there.

he's really a forward who plays defense imo.

 

[Captain Lindy]

So he's an Eagles fan. So what? It's not like he's an islander fan or anything.

 

[BlueshirtBlitz]

Figured i'd come back and say i'm mostly joking , i'm rooting for the guy to come in and impress getting 3rd pair and hopefully 2nd PP minutes. He's definitely smaller but the talent is hard to deny.

 

[free0717]

I could care less what NFL team ADA roots for as long as he can quarterback our 2nd PP unit.

 

[Thirty One]

I could care less what NFL team ADA roots for as long as he can quarterback our 2nd PP unit.

What would he know about quarterbacking, as an Eagles fan?

 

[Filthy Dangles]

What would he know about quarterbacking, as an Eagles fan?

A ton more than Jets fans

 

[Mac n Gs]

What would he know about quarterbacking, as an Eagles fan?

I'll cut you.

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

He's a Flyers and Eagles fan. So what? He's a New York Ranger now, no mater whether he likes it or we like it or not.

 

[nyr2k2]

The fandom stuff doesn't matter. He's just gotta prepare for people busting his chops about it if he continues to flaunt it. No big deal.

 

[Larrybiv]

He's a Flyers and Eagles fan. So what? He's a New York Ranger now, no mater whether he likes it or we like it or not.

The fandom stuff doesn't matter. He's just gotta prepare for people busting his chops about it if he continues to flaunt it. No big deal.

Just goes to show how bored we are, just looking for anything to talk about. Lol.

Oh and btw, I have this gut feeling that he will bring us tons of delight offensively and probably a little despair defensively. Which we should expect. I'm down rooting for this kid and what he brings.
Hey, Arizona had to give something good to get our awesome 1c, right?

 

[Hunter Gathers]

What would he know about quarterbacking, as an Eagles fan?

He knows as little about QBing as he does overtime rules, I am guessing.

 

[CasusBelli]

A recent article on the young man:
The areas of Anthony DeAngelo's game that still need to improve

 

[Levitate]

lol that's just a bunch of old quotes from people with no analysis of his current game come the hell on

 

[nyr2k2]

lol that's just a bunch of old quotes from people with no analysis of his current game come the hell on

What, analysis from his AHL coach two years ago isn't relevant?

The only interesting bit in there is from Rotter and anyone here could have written the same. Kind of embarrassing that piece is on SNY.

 

[eco's bones]

It seems to me the worst case scenarios are 1. he'll end up a better skating version of Michael Del Zotto--as in his offense won't come around enough to offset crappy defending or 2. his mouth and/or lack of discipline will submarine his career.

I think it's more likely that those worst case scenarios won't play out. I kind of look at his upside as a young Dan Boyle. Saying that I don't think his defense is ever going to be more than average so his offensive game will need to be really good. He has a legit shot at making the Rangers out of camp but there are players in the way--including Marc Staal and once again I'll say we should have bought Staal out. The question of Bereglazov potentially going back to the KHL looms as well or whether or not the Rangers decide to move Holden. ADA can go to Hartford without passing through waivers so he ain't no lock. Shattenkirk unexpectedly falling into our laps doesn't help him either. I do expect he'll play at least some games for us this year.

 

[nyr2k2]

Not that I'd be happy if ADA becomes current MDZ, but Del Zotto probably gets more hate than he deserves. He may be a mediocre player, but when all is said and done he'll probably have played in the range of 800 NHL games, which is a good career. If ADA can figure out some formula to keep himself around the league for well over a decade, then good on him.

 

[Edge]

Not that I'd be happy if ADA becomes current MDZ, but Del Zotto probably gets more hate than he deserves. He may be a mediocre player, but when all is said and done he'll probably have played in the range of 800 NHL games, which is a good career. If ADA can figure out some formula to keep himself around the league for well over a decade, then good on him.

I think that's something that is vastly underrated.

Obviously, we all want every prospect to hit their max potential. But, the reality is that there are a lot of guys who have long, productive NHL careers without ever becoming the stars they were once hoped to be.