With the departure of Dougie Hamilton in the offseason, many questioned how the Carolina Hurricanes would rebuild their defense. Controversially, they signed Tony DeAngelo to a one-year deal after he was bought out by the New York Rangers. The signing hit about as well as the team could’ve hoped, with off-ice distractions mostly limited. Now a restricted free agent, the team has exclusive rights to keep him around.
Both the team and player want to keep the relationship going, though. DeAngelo notes a feeling of acceptance from the team. It will undoubtedly be a large increase over his $1MM cap hit, however, but that’s something they can try and work out with almost $20MM in cap space. The team has a lot of free agents, though, and they’ll need to be picky about how they allocate their money. He performed with 51 points in 64 games.
- The Athletic’s Jonas Siegel took a look at potential cheap, veteran replacements to fill the hole Jason Spezza left on the ice with his retirement. First on his list is pending UFA forward Darren Helm, who most notably recently knocked the St. Louis Blues out of the playoffs with just seconds left in regulation. As Helm, a member of the Colorado Avalanche, could be phased out of the organization this offseason with younger players fighting for roles, the Leafs could provide a home for him on the open market. The Stanley Cup-winning veteran had 15 points in 68 games this season.
- Larry Brooks of The New York Post reports that, even if his OHL Flint Firebirds are eliminated tonight, top New York Rangers prospect Brennan Othmann won’t sign his entry-level contract and join the Rangers for the remainder of their playoff run. Othmann, who the Rangers selected 16th overall in 2021, had a fantastic year with 50 goals and 97 points in 66 OHL games this season. He’s added 24 points in 19 playoff games as well. However, it seems as though the team is content to either leave him in juniors for another season or wait to sign him until the offseason.
Othmann is just another piece of the equation for the Rangers. The last of the top tier prospects (and Kravstov) to join the team next year.
Don’t forget William Cuylle. 43 goals in 59 games Playing in the same league as Othmann.
Othmann is just another piece of the equation for the Rangers. The last of the top tier prospects (and Kravstov) to join the team next year.
Othmann is just another piece of the equation for the Rangers. The last of the top tier prospects (and Kravstov) to join the team next year.
Sure didn’t appear that Tony D’s former Rangers teammates had any grudges against him during the handshake line. Lots of hugs.
Almost all of them, past and present came to his defense when the fight happen. And everything I’ve heard is that his teammates for the most part absolutely love him. It’s just management of the front office of the Rangers at the time hated him.
Over or under for DeAngelo…. $4m per
Over. I see $5.5
Does he get another one year deal? What’s the half life on “controversial”?