Tony DeAngelo Squandered Opportunity With Flyers

It is always a good reminder that if we let our ego, pride, and/or confidence in ourselves run unchecked, it can have disastrous results for us. Time and time again, in sports, life, and history, we have seen this play out. For the Philadelphia Flyers, two star players that were counted on to help turn this team around, fell victim to their hubris and now have been dispatched from the team. Kevin Hayes was traded just days before the NHL Draft. Now, Tony DeAngelo has joined him in exile; waived by the team he grew up rooting for.

When DeAngelo was traded to the Flyers last year, I was excited; although others had some reservations. He was an offensive dynamo. He could carry the puck into the…