Tripod
I hate this team
AMac was well respected in the AHL for the Flyer farm team. Let him play there for Flames and all is well. You just don't want him on the ice in NHL.
Anyone remember when Calgary felt like one of the top contenders and how quickly that feeling faded
As opposed to month-by-month or pay-as-you-go type contracts?I’ve been told by inside sources that Rinaldo has embarrassing nudes of Commissioner Bettman. He is using those as blackmail in order to get annual contracts from teams.
Why is this guy still in the league?
Why is this guy still in the league?
Seriously. He's everything I thought the league was trying to get out of hockey. He does nothing other than skate around looking to nail someone with their head down.
If the NHL truly wanted to move on from the "old days", guys like Rinaldo shouldn't have a place in the league.
You spelled Stockton wrong.I guess Calgary is aiming for least likeable team in the league
From everything I have read he's been better the last couple years.Seriously. He's everything I thought the league was trying to get out of hockey. He does nothing other than skate around looking to nail someone with their head down.
If the NHL truly wanted to move on from the "old days", guys like Rinaldo shouldn't have a place in the league.
I guess Calgary is aiming for least likeable team in the league
Some teams appreciate physical play, hitting and occasionally fightingHow does Rinadlo keep getting contracts?
It amazes me that Rinaldo is still clinging onto an NHL career. I mean good for him, it's just surprising.
I just love him. I wish so much that he was on my team's 4th line. I am a fan of the Coyotes. They're a youngish, rather physically weak team, without much toughness. Lawson Crouse should not have to be in the position to have to fight someone, if we can help it. I love that Rinaldo does not give a f*** about the code. If something needs doing, he'll do it. Even if that means getting his ass kicked. People forget how small he is. He'll square up with anyone. He's also willing to just straight up jump somebody if the situation calls for it.Rinaldo has the speed/skill to be a decent 4th liner.... if he wasn't brain-dead.
The suspension for the Girard suckerpunch is the perfect example of it. He layed a textbook, clean open-ice hit on MacKinnon, then without looking (nevermind thinking) he drops his gloves and throws a punch at the nearest person to skate near him. In other words, he was expecting a fight (and threw the first punch) for a clean hit that shouldn't have merited one. If you could separate the player that layed the hit on MacKinnon from the one that suckerpunched Girard you'd have a 4th liner that almost everyone would be happy with -- if you were able to add a bit of scoring he'd even make the 3rd line on a lot teams. But of course you can't do that, he is what he is.
His speed/skill is good enough to impress in the short period that is pre-season/training camp (and get a contract), but the more games he plays the more likely it is that he'll do something utterly moronic and you're left wondering "Why did we sign this guy again?'