we should definitely talk trade proposals for Lafreniere instead
- jimbro83

I like your trade proposal. They want a FC star, they gonna pay.

- JRR1285

I have the same toaster.

there's certainly people a lot harsher about Tony D than I am
- jimbro83

When people claim it's all political I like to point out Jaccob Slavin.

He's becoming a more prominent NHL defendant, but he's also a hardcore right-wing Christian and he's unapologetic about it. He and his wife have publicly stated beliefs on homosexuality, abortion, etc. and yet they aren't talked about the same way Tony is.

Part of that is obviously market, but the other part is the way he expresses those opinions. If Slavin has something about that to say, it's usually through the media. When the far left folks call him out on it on Twitter or Instagram or whatever, he doesn't engage them. Just ignores it.

It's not like DeAngelo is the only Trump supporter in the NHL. He's just the only one being a wienerhead about it publicly.

I like your trade proposal. They want a FC star, they gonna pay.
- Fenrir

yep

if you compare it to the NFL, if the team with the 16th overall pick in the NFL wanted to trade up to first overall, it would cost the 16th, some second rounders, probably two significant roster players and most definitely the following season's #1 pick as well

just following that formula really, except that I want Caufield and Romanov

I also want to get back at Montreal for being entitled to all French Canadian players up until 1970

When people claim it's all political I like to point out Jaccob Slavin.

He's becoming a more prominent NHL defendant, but he's also a hardcore right-wing Christian and he's unapologetic about it. He and his wife have publicly stated beliefs on homosexuality, abortion, etc. and yet they aren't talked about the same way Tony is.

Part of that is obviously market, but the other part is the way he expresses those opinions. If Slavin has something about that to say, it's usually through the media. When the far left folks call him out on it on Twitter or Instagram or whatever, he doesn't engage them. Just ignores it.

It's not like DeAngelo is the only Trump supporter in the NHL. He's just the only one being a wienerhead about it publicly.
- BINGO!

I like his wikipedia pic.

yep

if you compare it to the NFL, if the team with the 16th overall pick in the NFL wanted to trade up to first overall, it would cost the 16th, some second rounders, probably two significant roster players and most definitely the following season's #1 pick as well

just following that formula really, except that I want Caufield and Romanov

I also want to get back at Montreal for being entitled to all French Canadian players up until 1970
- jimbro83

I want the Rangers to take Lafrenière. Anything else will be a letdown.

I like his wikipedia pic.



- JRR1285

good lord

good lord
- BINGO!

The names of his siblings are quite biblical too. He never had a chance.

I want the Rangers to take Lafrenière. Anything else will be a letdown.
- JRR1285

Yeah unless you get the 3rd overall and the 5th overall AND something else nice, you don't trade that pick.

Lafreniere is Tavares.

I like his wikipedia pic.



- JRR1285

Yeah unless you get the 3rd overall and the 5th overall AND something else nice, you don't trade that pick.

Lafreniere is Tavares.
- BINGO!

I would initially be upset but if the Rangers got Seider +++ I could be talked off the ledge.

- mdw7413

I want the Rangers to take Lafrenière. Anything else will be a letdown.
- JRR1285

absolutely and they are going to

there is a little bit of chatter from the Canadian sports guys about how much the Habs would love a new French Canadian superstar, the Rangers don't need a left wing and Kotkainiemi is perfect to pair with Kakko

that's the chatter coming from Canada

absolutely and they are going to

there is a little bit of chatter from the Canadian sports guys about how much the Habs would love a new French Canadian superstar, the Rangers don't need a left wing and Kotkainiemi is perfect to pair with Kakko

that's the chatter coming from Canada
- jimbro83

It's because they can't stomach that the Rangers are going to pick 1st and take their prize Canadian.

It's because they can't stomach that the Rangers are going to pick 1st and take their prize Canadian.
- JRR1285

There are folks in Montreal who still think they should get first dibs on any Quebecois players.

I didn't say his beliefs are toxic, I said his support of those beliefs makes him somewhat toxic, the reference being to how he is perceived and viewed and how team management may view him. In addition, earlier in the blog I wrote: "DeAngelo obviously has the right to believe what he wants, however, when the expression of his beliefs become or are viewed as becoming a problem, that's what it impacts the team and management."

I was attempting to be balanced in the column and didn't once state that he didn't have a right to those views. But his proclamnatins of those views has not always been well received or expressed well, which has caused issues.
- airjan23

Good on you for being balanced, Jan. It is a professional, high-road approach. But when someone on my team, who kids look up to, expresses support for racist, sexist, dangerous ideologies, it is toxic. It just is.

Even if he could you’re infusing the team with one or both of Miller and Lundkvist on the back end and Laf on the wing. Fox enters his second year and is already better than Tony D will ever be on the defensive and IQ end and will in all likelihood become at least as good in the offensive zone (he’s close already). Tony is redundant and expensive
- picklerick

You been talking with my wife????

Yeah unless you get the 3rd overall and the 5th overall AND something else nice, you don't trade that pick.

Lafreniere is Tavares.
- BINGO!

Great so he will never win anything

Great so he will never win anything
- TPC

and we will hate him when he becomes a UFA

and we will hate him when he becomes a UFA
- mdw7413

Good on you for being balanced, Jan. It is a professional, high-road approach. But when someone on my team, who kids look up to, expresses support for racist, sexist, dangerous ideologies, it is toxic. It just is.
- Bromancer

Dude, just knock it off and talk hockey, you are just being a Richard now to try to start an argument with someone

we should definitely talk trade proposals for Lafreniere instead
- jimbro83

The Rangers are already using the #1 pick in promotion for ticket sales. There is no way they trade the pick

- TPC

- mdw7413

They do look comfy as hell

They do look comfy as hell
- TPC

Whats the christmas tree and reindeer for? Do they have an abundance of them in Montreal?