The New York Rangers officially bought out defenceman Tony DeAngelo, the club announced Saturday.
On Friday, it was reported that the defender would be placed on unconditional waivers for the purpose of a buyout, and would be bought out for one third of his salary.
After a number of off-ice incidents involving the former 19th-overall pick, the Rangers appeared to reach their breaking point after DeAngelo was involved in an altercation with teammate Alexandar Georgiev outside the locker room following an overtime loss earlier this year.
Soon after, in February, then-Rangers GM Jeff Gorton said the defender had played his last game for the club.
"I had spoke to him at that time and said: `Listen, if there's any more issues here, the time is going to come where we're 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're going to move on,'' Gorton said at the time.
"I made that statement to him, something happened and I pretty much have to stay true to my word here and the organization's word that it was time to move on."
DeAngelo was signed to a two-year, $9.6-million deal by the Rangers in October 2020 after a productive 2019-20 season. Following the team's decision to move on from the defenceman, DeAngelo was placed on waivers and went unclaimed.
