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Forum: NHLAug. 21, 2023 at 12:21 a.m.
Thread: Why Do You Need to "Build Thru the Draft"
It's pretty tough to fill out your roster with the necessary depth when you're paying your best players huge UFA-type salaries. When you lock them up as RFA's, or ideally, before they really break out, you drastically increase your chances of winning. That's why building through the Draft is so important. That's the formula that many teams have used. Teams like PIT, TBL, and BOS were all able to extend their homegrown elite talent at below market value. Had Sid not signed an extension in 2012 or gone UFA the following summer, he would've received $11M+ AAV on the open market. Pretty tough to imagine PIT winning those 2 Cups w/ Sid and Geno making a combined $22M+. Probably no HBK line if that were the case.Even if FLA had won this past season, it's highly unlikely they'd be real contenders for the next 5 years.
Forum: NHL SigningsAug. 7, 2023 at 2:06 p.m.
Thread: Arizona Coyotes signed Matt Dumba (1 Year / $3,900,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jr400</b></div><div>Certainly that contract turned out to be a mistake, but I don't fault them for doing it. At the time he was young, putting up good offensive numbers, and contributing in other ways too. If you look at what teams are doing now with players like that, they're lucky they gave him only 5 years. Who knew he would start to decline shortly after signing it?</div></div>

It seems that the worst contract are almost always UFA Defensemen in the late 20's or early 30's. They tend to decline substantially and get injured more often as they age. For every Roman Josi and Mattias Ekholm, who improve or maintain their high level of play in their 30's, there's countless players like, Matt Dumba, Ryan Suter, Tyler Myers, P.K. Subban, T.J. Brodie, Seth Jones, etc...I could probably list 50. These types of contracts are high-risk and that's why we'll see more short-term signings, like Dumba's new deal, in the future.
Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 26, 2023 at 12:04 a.m.
Thread: Carolina Hurricanes signed Anthony Deangelo (1 Year / $1,675,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>harry_wagstaff</b></div><div>You're the one that said he was labelled a racist because of his political views and called it a witch hunt. I brought up that he has been suspended TWICE for using slurs towards opponents and teammates. He was waived/bought out by NY for being a piece of **** and had disciplinary issues when on other teams as well.</div></div>

Yeah. I never said that. Check your quotes. That wasn't me. I don't speculate and draw conclusions w/o evidence. And like I've said 1,000 times, if the incident from junior wasn't enough to keep teams from signing him, then it certainly wasn't the reason he was let go. BTW, when someone resorts to name calling and profanity, they've failed to make their point.
Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 25, 2023 at 11:03 p.m.
Thread: Carolina Hurricanes signed Anthony Deangelo (1 Year / $1,675,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BCAPP</b></div><div>He was suspended twice in junior for making racist or otherwise discriminatory comments against both opposition and teammates. Here is a link from his own team suspending him for it (https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/deangelo-on-scouts-radar-for-wrong-reasons/)

The rangers decided they couldn't put up with him anymore. Here is there gm:

"You know what, Tony wasn't able to move on from that; it was something that he was trying to get through," Gorton said. "I had spoken to him at that time and said, 'Listen, if there are any more issues here, the time is going to come where we're going to put you on waivers and move on. No more issues. If your name is in anything at all that we have to hear, we're going to move on. We're going to make that move.'

https://www.nhl.com/news/tony-deangelo-of-new-york-rangers-clears-waivers/c-320927558

He was also scratched 8 times in the ahl in his rookie season despite being quite productive and then traded for pennies on the dollar to Arizona. It was rumoured to be for behavior but of course it is just rumours this time

I don't know if people tried to make him into a political scapegoat or something, but this isn't about him being conservative or who he votes for. It's about a repeated pattern of being a bad egg.</div></div>

I believe that quote you're citing is in reference to his poor performance on opening night, 2020 - specifically, a bad penalty. This was technically an on-ice issue. That quote is not in reference to the junior league incident(s).
Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 25, 2023 at 2:36 p.m.
Thread: Carolina Hurricanes signed Anthony Deangelo (1 Year / $1,675,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>vmark</b></div><div>The way he was portrayed in the media, as racist and whatnot, was a witch hunt scenario due to his political beliefs. I didn't say the Rangers bought him out because of his political views, but they were also under pressure from the media after it came out that he made fun of Georgiev, or whatever.

The Rangers suck though. Let's not forget Trouba is their captain and both Kakko and Lafreniere are busts.

Plenty of his teammates have gone on record saying he is a good teammate. Carolina just signed him again... not at 5M a year though.

I see nothing wrong here and I think he gets too much hate from people on the internet who have no idea what they're talking about.</div></div>

I vividly remember that phony outrage when the K'Andre Miller hoax was perpetrated. But I don't think he was targeted for being conservative, per se. I'm sure the great majority of hockey players lean conservative, if they have any political ideology at all. I think he was targeted here and elsewhere for spending a little too much time on social media looking for trouble. But that's not what got him waived.
Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 25, 2023 at 5:19 a.m.
Thread: Carolina Hurricanes signed Anthony Deangelo (1 Year / $1,675,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BCAPP</b></div><div>The Rangers waived him in 2021 in February because of too many incidents and wouldn't even let him near their ahl team. They bought him out when able in July. This is not some witch hunt against conservative people. They wanted him out of their organization.

Similarly Tampa dumped him to zona despite him looking like a quality prospect for off ice concerns reportedly.</div></div>

I'm still not hearing any specifics. When. you (not you personally) attack someone's character, there should be specific evidence, no? The only thing I remember from NY was a fight with Georgiev and an internet hoax involving K'Andre Miller. Nothing I've seen or heard tells me the Phi buyout had anything to do with off-ice issues. It seemed to be a hockey decision. Seems to. me like he has a history of underperformance, not character issues.