Can't see nor don't want nothing to do with Tony.
Good. I want him to stay here.
Came off a career year on a contract year. Can be an absolute disaster in the long term if this was an outlier, which imo has a fair possiblity. I just don't see him replicating that point pace next season, if he did he would be a premier Ofd and I doubt there would be anyone entertaining in moving him if rangers fans thought that.
This looks like a sell high and sell because of contract demands
I, along with many other fans, don’t want him traded. Also, are you forgetting the 2018-19 season where he produced 0.5 PPG? Yea he played better and produced more this season, but it’s due to development. It’s not an anomaly.
The reasons why some Rangers fans want him traded have nothing to do with how talented he is. A) We already have an anchor of a contract with Trouba and can’t afford to keep signing defensemen to big contracts. B) Also goes along with A, but we have Fox, who is one of the best defensemen in the league, is 2-3 years younger than DeAngelo, will cost less for now, and though he is very good offensively, he’s the best defensive defenseman we have too. I say DeAngelo is on the same tier as him, but most have Fox as a tier above him. That’s not a slight against DeAngelo. Fox is just elite all-around. C) We have Lundkvist coming up, who projects to be a #2/3 defenseman in the mold of Fox. I would say his upside is about as high as Fox’s too. Add to that he’s going to be cost-controlled for a long time. And we don’t want him to sign elsewhere as a free agent. If he sees our overloaded right side, fans fear he’s not going to sign with us. D) Finally, we have a big need for a young, top 6 center. Panarin, Lafreniere, Kakko, and Fox are part of our core and are obviously not going anywhere, Zibanejad is our only legit top 6 center, Kreider just got signed to a long-term contract and isn’t enough to get a young center, Buchnevich won’t be enough, Trouba is a negative asset, we don’t know Lundkvist’s potential, and any other asset we have won’t be enough. So that leaves an elite offensive defenseman in DeAngelo. If fans didn’t think he could get us a top 6 center, they wouldn’t talk about trading him.
So really, it’s because of cap space issues (mainly the Trouba contract), not wanting to lose Lundkvist, having two other elite young defensemen on the right side in Fox and Lundkvist, and our need for a center. Again, I see DeAngelo as elite as the other two, but while he may be better offensively, he’s more inconsistent defensively. He still has great possession numbers. Like I said, for some fans, it really comes down to trading either Fox or DeAngelo for a young center (Trouba is a negative asset with his contract). Those are the only two assets we have that can really get it done, so it’s not like fans don’t like DeAngelo. They are (somewhat) similar players. However, Fox is younger, more cost-controlled, and possibly has higher potential, which makes DeAngelo the odd man out for some fans (not for me though).
He's definitely going to be looking for that 5M-7M contract with term. Anything less will require arbitration and should that come to pass a lot of the posters here will be singing a different tune.
L. DeAngelo is a team player.