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Up: Tony DeAngelo

Despite being ‘down’ last week, Tony DeAngelo has improved vastly this week.

DeAngelo played extremely below expectations before his most recent call-up. In his first stint with the Rangers, he was a defensive liability. The same issues plagued him with the Hartford Wolfpack. He remained a liability defensively and tended to stay with a negative plus/minus rating(plus means the player was on the ice for a goal for, even means the player wasn’t on the ice for a goal for or against, and negative means the player was on for a goal against.) However, being called up has been good for him.

One of DeAngelo’s selling points was his offensive upside. In four games so far with the Rangers, he has two assists.In addition, his plus/minus has been relatively even and was only a -1 against the Kings. The Rangers have officially lost Kevin Shattenkirk for the rest of the season. This leaves DeAngelo with a prime opportunity to get playing time and show the Rangers he is capable of playing at the NHL level.

Coach Alain Vigneault has also been quite trusting of DeAngelo. He has received upwards of 15 minutes per night in ice time, with the exception of the San Jose Sharks game where he recorded 13:14 in TOI.

If DeAngelo continues to play well, prove he can handle an NHL workload, and keep his ego in check, he will be a valuable player for the Rangers. With the league slowly moving towards defenseman with an offensive touch, DeAngelo could be extremely valuable in the near future.