The Alex Pietrangelo Appreciation Thread

[President Skroob]

Yes and Armstrong should be gone

Nah.

 

[Majorityof1]

I think ... I believe ... I think ... I believe ... this is about the quality of opinion piece I'd expect in the local Ragtown Times from Johnny the town drunk.

Spin machine is in overdrive. If there is an disagreement and someone tells you one side did everything perfect, don't trust that guy. Especially when he makes his living off of the side he said was perfect.

 

[Novacain]

Spin machine is in overdrive. If there is an disagreement and someone tells you one side did everything perfect, don't trust that guy. Especially when he makes his living off of the side he said was perfect.

It absolutely amazes me that Blues fans took Buffalo's reporters to task for the last 2 years over how they handled the O'Reilly thing and are buying the same exact bullshit about Pietrangelo hook line and sinker from media who still has to deal with the Blues but don't have to deal with Petro closely. Just comes across as a shocking lack of self awareness.

 

[Em etah Eh]

 

[EastonBlues22]

If you're going to take a big fat dump on an appreciation thread, expect to get infracted and/or booted.

 

[BlueKnight]

If you're going to take a big fat dump on an appreciation thread, expect to get infracted and/or booted.

I agree. Pietrangelo doesn't deserve to get s**t on

 

[EastonBlues22]

I agree. Pietrangelo doesn't deserve to get s**t on

That's not it. People are allowed to have their opinions about him one way or the other.

That said, this is an appreciation thread and taking a big dump on it is trolling. There are ample other places to voice whatever negative opinions one might have.

 

[Renard]

I appreciated Pietrangelo for being the kind of good guy that Backes was. Nothing negative ever hit the news about the guy and a lot of positive things did. He took one for the team by being filmed saying "I am a guardian of childhood'"

 

[BlueKnight]

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I can't believe Petro is gone, 17 months to the day when this picture was taken. Right now I'm in the 5 stages of grief. I'm in denial that he is gone.

 

[Renard]

I can't believe Petro is gone, 17 months to the day when this picture was taken. Right now I'm in the 5 stages of grief. I'm in denial that he is gone.

All you need is to say to yourself is "that's life."

 

[Oberyn]

Very sad, the Blue defense won't look the same without 27 patrolling it.

 

[BlueKnight]

All you need is to say to yourself is "that's life."

Yes i know I'll eventually move on. I just want to grieve for a minute.

 

[Note Worthy]

 

[bleedblue1223]

Man some of these threads are getting hard to read. I'm glad Petro got the structure he wanted. Sucks that he's gone, I'll still root for him, it is what it is.

 

[BlueKnight]

Man some of these threads are getting hard to read. I'm glad Petro got the structure he wanted. Sucks that he's gone, I'll still root for him, it is what it is.

It's understandable. Im happy he got what he wanted. I just didn't like the way he handled things like the lying. That's water under the bridge now. It sucks that he's gone wish he was still here.

 

[bleedblue1223]

It's understandable. Im happy he got what he wanted. I just didn't like the way he handled things like the lying. That's water under the bridge now. It sucks that he's gone wish he was still here.

I don't think he's lying, I think there is probably a lot of misinterpretations out there being fueled by Strickland and Rutherford. Neither of them are doing it on purpose, just stuff is being lost in translation through sources and texts. As far as what Petro is saying to the media, it's all political talk for Vegas' fans.

 

[BlueKnight]

I don't think he's lying, I think there is probably a lot of misinterpretations out there being fueled by Strickland and Rutherford. Neither of them are doing it on purpose, just stuff is being lost in translation through sources and texts. As far as what Petro is saying to the media, it's all political talk for Vegas' fans.

I'm reading too much into it

 

[bleedblue1223]

I'm reading too much into it

And I get the reactions from fans, we are fanatics after all, and people deal with these situations differently. It's going to suck, but once the season starts again, people will move on pretty quickly. Or once Pietrangelo starts his decline a few years into the deal.

 

[Ranksu]

Man some of these threads are getting hard to read. I'm glad Petro got the structure he wanted. Sucks that he's gone, I'll still root for him, it is what it is.

Im going to watch more Vegas games now.

This Pietro has more affect what Army has yet realize. This has more to do with fanbase, community, legacy than business. This might even affect business when you lose such a big face of this franchise and how everything dient down.

 

[TK 421]

Thanks for everything Alex, I will never forget that you captained the 2019 Stanley Cup Champions and lifted a heavy weight off all our shoulders. I will also never forget that you handed the Cup off to your good friend and teammate Jay Bouwmeester who I adore. Best of luck to you and I wish you well on this next chapter in your life.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

And I get the reactions from fans, we are fanatics after all, and people deal with these situations differently. It's going to suck, but once the season starts again, people will move on pretty quickly. Or once Pietrangelo starts his decline a few years into the deal.

Of course if it becomes another situation like Oshie in Washington in 2018 and Pietrangelo wins a Cup in Vegas, ... well, I'm sure there will be some who will find ways to dismiss it like they did then.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Of course if it becomes another situation like Oshie in Washington in 2018 and Pietrangelo wins a Cup in Vegas, ... well, I'm sure there will be some who will find ways to dismiss it like they did then.

Oshie is probably different since he was traded away.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

Oshie is probably different since he was traded away.

Pietrangelo could be too. The point is, the same people who shit all over Oshie when he left and gloated when we went to the WCF in 2016 while the Capitals lost in the 2nd round to the Penguins (again) were the same ones tripping over themselves in 2018 when the Capitals won the Cup and they went grasping for every way they could think of to dismiss his contribution to it. Rarely, if ever, could you find one of them admit, "I was wrong."

I suspect it will be much of the same here if Pietrangelo has success (again) outside of St. Louis.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Pietrangelo could be too. The point is, the same people who shit all over Oshie when he left and gloated when we went to the WCF in 2016 while the Capitals lost in the 2nd round to the Penguins (again) were the same ones tripping over themselves in 2018 when the Capitals won the Cup and they went grasping for every way they could think of to dismiss his contribution to it. Rarely, if ever, could you find one of them admit, "I was wrong."

I suspect it will be much of the same here if Pietrangelo has success (again) outside of St. Louis.

How many shit on Oshie, we were pretty much all shitting on Army from what I remember. Maybe a few haters were there, but I remember the vast majority calling it a horrible trade.

 

[BlueKnight]

I understand some of the anger at Petro right now and i get it I know It hurts. But realize he got a much higher AAV, he’s making more money after taxes in one less year, he got guaranteed protection, and loads of SB money. If he REALLY wanted to stay in St. Louis he could’ve. And yeah it sucks. But with 4 young kids he wanted a full-NMC. Which is understandable. He wanted a lot of signing bonus money. He wanted an AAV above $8 million. He deserved it, he could get it, and he wasn’t gonna get it here. He did his job. He won us a Cup. Be angry now that’s fine. But in a week just be grateful for what he gave the city and community for 12 years. He was the rock on the backend from Payne, to Hitchcock, to Yeo, to Berube. He deserves nothing but praise and gratitude from us fans.

Now to Army. I’ll go to my grave saying he should’ve given a NMC if that’s what it took to get the deal done. Would we regret that later on? Yes probably, it would’ve put the Blues in a better much better position to win now, and as Army said himself, “the window is for 4-5 more years”. If Petro’s agency was demanding close to $9 mil AAV along with all those protections, then I don’t blame Army. We just don't know what transpired. But losing a player of Petro’s stature and caliber will always partially fall on the GM. It’s his job to get past tough negotiations/agencies. He failed and came up short.

Now that this is over we need to move on from Petro and give Faulk a chance. We need to let Krug prove himself. I don’t love the contracts (especially Faulk’s), but I hope we’re celebrating him handing the Cup off to Krug 2 years from now. Let's go Blues!!