Controversial Former NHLer Tony DeAngelo Hits Rock Bottom in Overseas League
Tony DeAngelo, who was forced to sign in the KHL this season after no NHL team would take him, has experienced his first hiccup in the league after being benched
After signing a one-year deal in the KHL for the 2024-25 season, things seemed to be going very well for former NHLer Tony DeAngelo.
Tony DeAngelo himself recently said he knows his polarizing NHL career may be over , but he was ripping it up with SKA St. Petersburg, scoring 6 goals and 33 points in 32 games so far.
But his last game with SKA brought about his first snag in the league. Coach Roman Rotenberg benched DeAngelo for the entire third period of the team's last game, insisting his team has no star players.
Rotenberg would only say that DeAngelo knows why he was benched, and added that he may find himself as a healthy scratch if he's not more careful.
DeAngelo's NHL tenure was mired in controversy, and was heavily scrutinized following an incident with New York Rangers teammate Alexander Georgiev.
The 29-year-old called it ridiculous when Philadelphia Flyers head coach Jon Tortorella made him a healthy scratch on a few occasions during the 2022-23 NHL season.
| POLL | ||
JANVIER 12 | 228 ANSWERS Controversial Former NHLer Tony DeAngelo Hits Rock Bottom in Overseas League Do you think Tony DeAngelo will ever return to the NHL at some point in his career? | ||
| Yes | 18 | 7.9 % |
| No | 183 | 80.3 % |
| Not sure | 27 | 11.8 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Seth Jarvis | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Zach Benson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cody Glass | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bryan Rust | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matthew Grzelcyk | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Jordan Martinook | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Anthony Beauvillier | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jackson Blake | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Tomas Hertl | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Owen Power | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Rickard Rakell | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Shea Theodore | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Michael Bunting | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bowen Byram | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Eichel | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Victor Olofsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Dmitry Orlov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Alex Pietrangelo | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jaccob Slavin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Capitals | 45 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 65 | |
Jets | 46 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 65 | |
Golden Knights | 44 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 61 | |
Oilers | 45 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 61 | |
Wild | 45 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 58 | |
Maple Leafs | 46 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 58 | |
Devils | 47 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 58 | |
Stars | 44 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 57 | |
Kings | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 55 | |
Hurricanes | 45 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 55 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||