Both terrible.
Deangelo on waivers for a reason.
Matheson maybe better defensively and that’s saying something

Is Matheson that bad?

I mean no I’m just probably higher on TD than most people on this site

YES. ANYONE WHO SAYS HE ISN'T HASN'T WATCHED THE PANTHERS AT ALL.

no one watches the Panthers. No offence

Once again; he’ll have a much better opportunity in pit once healthy.

There was a report on Twitter saying that DeAngelo was socked by a teammate, and now the Rangers placed DeAngelo on waivers

you can't judge a guy based on what he did for one team.
He was actually pretty solid for FL before they changed coaches.



It's too early to say what he is in Pittsburgh, he hasn't even played 2 whole games yet. So we just don't know.
He has to play, he has to get ice time. The question at this point is where and how and when. If everyone is healthy they are really stacked on the LD.
Someone is gonna have to move to 3RD to get ice. So I'm not sure how all that works out.

Exactly! Our left side looks really good right now tbh (when healthy of course):
Dumo, MP; Matheson, POJ, Riikola.

Seems like they should use a position of strength to improve a position of weakness AKA replace Jano

Jano has to go no dobut.
But the real issue is you don't weaken what you have. While we have nice depth there. Dumo, MP and POJ are really the only quality there at the moment.
Since you don't have to pay POJ aka rookie deal, that's not the guy you move, and you don't downgrade Dumo or MP to play Matheson.
They need to dump that Matheson contract and leave the LD alone. Teams deep on the blueline do well and in 2 years when POJ needs a new deal you'll be looking at Dumo being 31 and his contract ending. The timing is right then to probably move Dumo and keep your youth. You'd be looking at a solid young D core with MP, Marino, POJ and maybe Maniscalco.
So i don't see why anyone would want to move these young guys. It doesn't make sense for the team.
Problem is odds of improving on Jano with Matheson right now are non existent. That contract is bad till proven otherwise.

This team has 3 good defensemen on the LD side, and considering one is low pay, they should role with it as their best chance to win.
They have other options to improve the forward group. They could have played Poulin. Moved McCann to center. I honestly think that is the best move they can make.
Or they can play Lafferty. But unless they can move Matheson these answer got to come from within.

I hope he can come back and play well and we can turn Matheson into another scuderi for Daley type deal except get a centre instead

Don't count on it. Not that I don't think he can, but how long is he out. There are 40 some games left. He hasn't played hockey in months, no real training camp, no exhibition games, played 2 games in months, then sits with an injury for how long? If he comes back and there are 20 games or less, would it even matter? How many would it take him to get back up to speed. Are a hand full of games convincing anyone to take a 4.8 mil contract for 4 more years. At this rate we are swapping bad contracts .........again. Because I don't see teams doing an ANA where they need a guy to come in and play 3/4 a season. There just aren't that many games. I can sure as hell tell you no playoff team looking for depth is taking him on. So who the hell is gonna take that contract.

all I know is whoever the next GM is, they need to get away from the misfit island playbook of building a team. I for one have seen enough. It's not an effective way of building a team.
We also need a real coach. Jankowski would be in the ECHL by now if I was coach. Just hell bent on playing him. The GM is gone....bench his ass.
We got the only coach in the league who's gonna play a guy with a 30% corsi all season long. Like how much evidence does he need.