The last straw for Tony DeAngelo and the Rangers apparently happened shortly after he was on the ice for the overtime goal that gave Pittsburgh a 5-4 victory at the Garden Saturday night.
Three sources have confirmed to The Athletic that there was indeed an altercation between DeAngelo and goalkeeper Alexandar Georgiev in the tunnel leading to the Rangers’ locker room. By the way, Georgiev was kept out of training on Sunday due to “maintenance”. The altercation was quickly cut short.
The Rangers have not confirmed or denied the incident.
“There are always rumors, as you know,” said Rangers coach David Quinn. ‘I’m not going to go into rumors. This is not about one incident. It’s not about one thing. It is a situation that according to the organization was the best at the moment and we will see what the situation looks like.
‘It’s part of the business. It’s a decision …