Player Discussion Tony DeAngelo: Part III

[bobbop]

Give him an 8 year deal at 3 to 4 mil a year if he'd take it.

Bridge 2 X $2.5MM

 

[The Crypto Guy]

If he can keep his mouth shut and stay in the lineup all season he’ll push 50 points next year for sure IMO

He can open his mouth all he wants if he's putting up 50 points.

 

[SA16]

Bridging DeAngelo is a really really bad idea.

 

[Irishguy42]

Bridge 2 X $2.5MM

No. Long term on ADA.

 

[True Blue]

rather than try to change him, relax a little, loosen the noose around his neck, and sit back and let him play.

This again? Of course there is simply no chance that DeAngelo has finally bought into what Quinn and management have been preaching to him and is now tapping into his true potential?

 

[Off Sides]

He does not have arbitration rights, it's probably going to get messy, at least on the boards.

 

[Bob Richards]

It's not like he's licking people out there

Would honestly make me like him more tbh

Just for the insanity

 

[True Blue]

He can open his mouth all he wants if he's putting up 50 points.

Fortunately, you and the Rangers management are of two minds on that aspect.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Fortunately, you and the Rangers management are of two minds on that aspect.

Must be eating you alive to see him playing so well huh?

 

[leetch99]

Call his agent and get it done...not sure how much more of a window people need . Will he be a great defensive player....I doubt a great one but does he have to be ? Solid stay at home guys likely are in our system....how many Tony DeAngelo's do we have in the stable ????

 

[duhmetreE]

Bridge 2 X $2.5MM

I disagree.

Getting him at 4-5year @ 3.5 would be great value if he plays to his potential and small enough to get rid of if he falls apart

 

[bobbop]

I disagree.

Getting him at 4-5year @ 3.5 would be great value if he plays to his potential and small enough to get rid of if he falls apart

Why would he sign up for that?

 

[bobbop]

Anything but a bridge is a really bad idea.

 

[Irishguy42]

MRW I hear the idea of a bridge deal being better than a long term for Tony

 

[will1066]

Would honestly make me like him more tbh

Just for the insanity

What ADA needs is Nic Cage crazyeyes when he heads into a scrum

 

[bobbop]

Why would he sign up for that?

Let me amplify...

5 years gives up 1 UFA year. If you have confidence in your ability and you are in the NHL at that age, that’s a $5MM year (at a minimum)

4 years and he comes out of the contract headed straight to UFA.

And why would he lock himself in at $3.5 MM?

He hasn’t done nearly enough in my eyes to get this type of contract. Do you give it to Pionk (who the Ranger menegement clearly likes) too?

Bridges work perfectly fine with players who haven’t earned a long term commitment. Buchnevich probably gets the same thing. Let them earn the big contract.

 

[Hi ImHFNYR]

My bias? I have been one of the biggest defends of Tony D on this board all season. I absolutely love his game and think he should be playing huge minutes in every one.

And he was basically running around like a dumb fratboy. It's not a big deal or anything....and I'm not blowing it out of proportion, but he was behaving like an annoying fool and I can see how that would wear thin on guys and especially coaches over the course of a season.

I also find it really strange that other people thought it to be 'hilarious.' I mean, we all know guys who behave like that at parties and they're always the ones you're annoyed by. Another poster put it perfectly earlier in the thread when he said - it's the kind of behavior that makes you wish you were blackout drunk. Unless, of course, you are that guy.

Like I said, you weren't completely off base but you went a bit overboard bc you associated him w/ "fratboys". I think your bias was towards the behavior not the guy specifically

 

[Mandar]

Let me amplify...

5 years gives up 1 UFA year. If you have confidence in your ability and you are in the NHL at that age, that’s a $5MM year (at a minimum)

4 years and he comes out of the contract headed straight to UFA.

And why would he lock himself in at $3.5 MM?

He hasn’t done nearly enough in my eyes to get this type of contract. Do you give it to Pionk (who the Ranger menegement clearly likes) too?

Bridges work perfectly fine with players who haven’t earned a long term commitment. Buchnevich probably gets the same thing. Let them earn the big contract.

Too much common sense here.

His over the top supporters want 8 years....doesn't matter the cost....cause he's got the next 8 Norris trophies locked up (unless there is a mad conspiracy from the Norris voters).

 

[Cruxial]

It's gotta a Bridge or a Tunnel deal; he's from Jersey!

 

[SA16]

Wanting to go long term on Skjei and bridge DeAngelo is just so backwards I don’t even know what to say about it. Especially if Shattenkirk gets traded which will then put DeAngelo on PP1 and really bump up his point totals which are very strongly related to salary.

 

[Machinehead]

ADA doesn't like Tom Wilson. I don't like Tom Wilson.

Paisan.

 

[Don Chytil]

My new hot take is that Tony D was worth Stepan on his own

My even hotter take is so was Lias

 

[Machinehead]

My new hot take is that Tony D was worth Stepan on his own

My even hotter take is so was Lias

I don't think the first one is that hot.

 

[Don Chytil]

I don't think the first one is that hot.

Agreed, but some people were still calling it a bad trade a month ago

 

[Off Sides]

Tough thing no matter what, ADA is not arbitration eligible,

Rangers can qualify him, which I assume they will, from there I have no idea what type of bridge or longer term either side accepts.

Had they played ADA all year without sticking McQuaid in front, rightly or wrongly, why does ADA feel as if he is part of the longer term plan?

If he does not feel as much, why not just sign the qualifier, go to next year, become arbitration eligible and see where that goes unless the Rangers offer well above that qualifier on a longer term bridge or even longer deal.

In my opinion Rangers taking a hard line with him may or may not have helped him develop, yet there is no getting around that same hard line is going to leave resentment on his part.