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

[Raspewtin]

Pretty intriguing player with a skill set we really need.

Where do you think he slots in the line-up?


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[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

2nd pair RD. 1st or 2nd unit on the PP (depending on who else we acquire on the right side). 3rd pair on the PK.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

3rd pair to start.

I'd let him play the entire 2 minutes on the PP.

 

[silverfish]

Battles for 3RD. Needs to get his **** together. We know how AV evaluates young talent. If they clash, his tenure as a Ranger could be very short-lived.

As far as I'm concerned, the things he's done in the past are in the past. Clean slate as a Ranger.

Put it together.

Stepan died for this.

 

[mike14]

I think he'll start with 3rd minutes and a bit of PP time until AV gets a good handle on how he plays.
Unless he absolutely dominates camp and we only bring in 1 other Dman (i.e. Smith)

 

[NYRFAN218]

Yeah, I'm not handing him 2nd pair minutes. If he earns them with his play then great. But for me, it's 3rd pair plus maximum PP time to start.

 

[Raspewtin]

I can very easily see him get Clendo'd or Etem'd, now that I think about it.

 

[Ori]

AV will probably bench him if he start a bar brawl - I`m unsure if he dedicated enough to be a pro. player in NHL.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I can't see that. This organization gave up a huge piece in order to land him.

Plus he's just flat out much more talented than both of those guys. As long as he stays out of trouble, he'll play.

 

[silverfish]

I can very easily see him get Clendo'd or Etem'd, now that I think about it.

Yep.

My biggest fear of this trade is that DeAngelo and AV just don't work together.

 

[ecemleafs]

depends on who we sign in free agency on defense. right now hed be slotted pretty high up with smith unsigned.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Battles for 3RD. Needs to get his **** together. We know how AV evaluates young talent. If they clash, his tenure as a Ranger could be very short-lived.

As far as I'm concerned, the things he's done in the past are in the past. Clean slate as a Ranger.

Put it together.

Stepan died for this.

I agree with all of this, but for the battles for 3RD part. The more I think about it, the more I think that with the combination of the Girardi buyout and the fact that he was obviously a larger part of the return for Stepan than I initially realized, they've acquired him to have him play. The ARI fans who came over to report on him post trade were actually complimentary of his play, including his defense (the linesman thing was obviously something else again).

 

[RangerBlues]

A gong show waiting to happen.

 

[Thirty One]

I definitely see him struggling to get consistent ice time

 

[mike14]

AV will probably bench him if he start a bar brawl - I`m unsure if he dedicated enough to be a pro. player in NHL.

Not saying you are wrong, because I don't know nearly enough about him but when you say not dedicated enough do you mean along the lines of he doesn't put in at training, or he doesn't train during the offseason and just sits on the couch eating hotdogs, or he doesn't try during the games because he just wants a pay check? or is it relating to something else?

 

[bl02]

Pardon me for my excitement but I am looking forward to seeing this kid play. An actual young RHD with a serious skill set. The only tangible thing we will get to see in 2017-2018 for losing our number 1 center and pretty good backup. He better play and I have no problem giving him huge amounts of pp time but unfortunately Mcdonagh will still probably get first pp minutes

 

[Machinehead]

Pretty intriguing player with a skill set we really need.

Where do you think he slots in the line-up?

AV's torture chamber.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

A gong show waiting to happen.

Not gonna lie, I worry about this as well.

 

[Ori]

I don`t know him @Mike14 - just wild speculation from me, but if he get easily triggered on the ice - it could backfire since AV usually have 0 tolerance policy on such things unless that`s your main role like Tanner Glass. I read the Brooks article though about the Stepan trade.

http://nypost.com/2017/06/24/the-next-steps-rangers-should-take-now-that-derek-stepans-gone/

 

[bl02]

Wow another non-AV thread quickly turning into lets bash the coach thread lol

 

[Levitate]

He's gonna play, they didn't trade Stepan and Raanta for a guy to sit in the press box. AV ain't gonna have a say in this unless D'Angelo really sucks bad

 

[GregSirico]

My gut tells me his mouth and attitude is going to be a major distraction and cause his progress to constantly be pushed back. I hope I'm wrong but I think he's going to a circus.

 

[mike14]

Wow another non-AV thread quickly turning into lets bash the coach thread lol

It's not that farfetched to talk about the historic use of Dmen under a coach while discussing how we think a new Dean will be used...

 

[Thirty One]

Wow another non-AV thread quickly turning into lets bash the coach thread lol

I mean, he has 39 NHL games in his career. Defensemen with similar strengths and weaknesses have struggled to get ice time under AV. Are we supposed to believe he's a lock for regular minutes?

 

[GregSirico]

Not gonna lie, I worry about this as well.

Oh, it's literally the first thing I thought of ... in TB or AZ you can bury these distractions and attitudes ... you can't do that in the NY media, you'll get eaten alive.