3/2/21 | 6:27PM: According to Frank Seravalli of TSN, Tony DeAngelo has expressed interest in being loaned to any AHL team.

Seravalli said that DeAngelo has been skating on his own for the last month and that “the Rangers are interested in facilitating that, but it would take someone else stepping up to do so, because the Rangers have let him know that he is not welcome in Hartford and the ties have been cut with the entire Rangers organization.” (TSN)

It was said in early February that there was “a ton” of interest in DeAngelo, but that teams reportedly backed away after backlash from their fans.

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7:55PM: On NBCSN, Bob McKenzie was asked if the Rangers were any closer to a resolution to the Tony DeAngelo situation and said, “the short answer is no and that is not to be confused with teams not having interest, there are teams that are continuing to have dialogue not only with the Rangers, but with DeAngelo’s LA based agent Pat Brisson to try and facilitate something.”

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2/4 | 8:19PM: Eric Francis of Sportsnet says that Calgary isn’t interested in DeAngelo or a DeAngelo for Bennett trade.
7:30PM: Larry Brooks writes in the NY Post that the Flames are a team that has expressed “at least preliminary interest” in Tony DeAngelo and that Sam Bennett, who has requested a trade from the Flames, is believed to have been discussed.

Brooks adds that “several” teams have called about DeAngelo and that the Rangers have no interest in adding an “onerous” contract, that some teams have offered, just to move DeAngelo. (NY Post)

Bennett, 24, has a cap hit of $2.55 million and he is an RFA after the season.

Adam Rotter: Bennett is an interesting name, but the Rangers are not the only team that would have interest in the fourth overall pick from 2014. He hasn’t been an overly productive offensive player in his career, but he has always been an impact player for Calgary in the playoffs. He plays a north/south game and would bring a level of grit, toughness and physicality that would suit the Rangers, but there have been some questions about his offensive upside. He’d be someone that would fit with where the Rangers are and going, but again, Calgary will have no shortage of suitors if they do decide to move him.

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6:34PM: Jeff Gorton said on MSG, “After the first game of the season he was told he wasn’t going to play and Tony wasn’t able to move on from that, it was something he was trying to get through. I spoke to him at that time and said ‘if there is any more issues here then the time is going to come where we are 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 are going to move on, make that move. I made that statement to him, something happened I have to stay true to my and the organizations word. We feel like moving on from Tony is the right thing to do, it’s about winning and we feel like this is a move we had to make in our room to put us on the path to winning.”

5:42PM: Jeff Gorton confirmed that DeAngelo has played his last game with the Rangers and that he is currently on the taxi squad. (Whyno)

5:15PM: Darren Dreger tweets that both Jeff Gorton and DeAngelo’s agent Pat Brisson are talking with teams that have trade interest in DeAngelo.

Brisson said that he is confident something will get done in the near future and that DeAngelo will be at home until he is traded. (Dreger)

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2/1/21 | 10:18AM: Larry Brooks says that one player broke up the altercation between Georgiev and DeAngelo and that it was K’Andre Miller. (NY Post)

8AM: On the 31 Thoughts Podcast, Elliotte Friedman said:

• “They go off the ice, Georgiev is sitting, disappointed, like any competitive person, especially a goaltender, would be after a game like that. DeAngelo walks by him and makes a sarcastic crack to him and Georgiev clocks him and they go at it and their teammates break it up. Later that night the Rangers call DeAngelo, I don’t know if they call him or his agent or what they do, and they say ‘that is the last straw, you are going on waivers tomorrow’ and then at 12PM Eastern, that is what happens.”
• “I don’t think anybody expects that Tony DeAngelo will play for the Rangers again. Things can always change, but I don’t think anybody expects it.”

1/31/21 | 2:45PM: Rick Carpiniello of The Athletic confirms that there was an altercation between DeAngelo and Alex Georgiev following Saturday’s game and that it was quickly broken up.

2:15PM: There is speculation that DeAngelo got into an altercation with one of his teammates following last night’s game.

David Quinn said that he wouldn’t comment on rumors, but said that this wasn’t just one thing. (Whyno)

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The Rangers and Tony DeAngelo are avoiding arbitration and coming to terms on a two-year deal. (Larry Brooks)

His cap hit will be $4.8 million per season. (LeBrun)

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DeAngelo’s arbitration hearing was set for next Tuesday.

DeAngelo held out of the beginning of training camp this past season and signed a one-year deal worth $925,000.

From the Rangers:

• DeAngelo, 24, skated in 68 games with the Rangers this past season, registering 15 goals and 38 assists for 53 points, along with a plus-12 rating and 47 penalty minutes.
• He established career-highs in several categories in 2019-20, including goals, assists, points, plus/minus rating, and games played.
• DeAngelo became the first Rangers defenseman to record at least 50 points in a season since Brian Leetch in 2001-02, and he also became the first Rangers defenseman to tally at least 15 goals in a season since Leetch in 2000-01.
• He tied for fourth among NHL defensemen in goals and points, and tied for ninth among NHL defensemen in assists, power play assists (16), and power play points (19) this past season.
• Over the last two seasons, which have been his two full seasons in the NHL with the Rangers, DeAngelo is one of six NHL defensemen who have recorded 80 or more points and a plus-18 rating or better (along with John Carlson, Mark Giordano, Victor Hedman, Roman Josi, and Morgan Rielly). He tallied 30 points (four goals, 26 assists) in 61 games with the Blueshirts in 2018-19 and ranked 12th among NHL defensemen who were 23 years old or younger in points during the season.

Adam Rotter: I don’t think either side wanted to go to arbitration and while these kinds of deals usually get done in the last moments before a hearing, the Rangers and DeAngelo got this done with plenty of time to spare. It’s a fair deal for both sides as the Rangers retain flexibility with a two-year deal and DeAngelo, rightfully, gets paid for how good he was last season.

There remains a question of whether DeAngelo will be a Ranger in the long-run, with Jacob Trouba and Adam Fox on the right side and Nils Lundkvist on the way, but for now DeAngelo is signed up. It also remains to be seen on which side DeAngelo will play or with whom. There are still more questions than answers about how the Rangers defense will shake out for this season, but DeAngelo will be part of it. I guess it’s possible, now that there is cost certainty attached to him for two-years, that DeAngelo could still be moved before next season but my guess is that he will be with the Rangers through at least the next trade deadline. Still, for now the Rangers have avoided one potential headache and have their top offensive defenseman under contract.