Lipreaders think Rangers coach Gerard Gallant told Tony DeAngelo to ‘shut the [expletive] up’

They’re still in the early stages of their second-round series, but it already feels like there’s no love lost between the Hurricanes and Rangers.

Sunday afternoon — with New York looking to halve a 2-0 series deficit — understandably carried a lot of tension for the Rangers (-105 underdogs coming in). Thankfully for them, in a tight matchup, they’d eventually win 3-1, and pull within a game of a 2-2 tied series.

But Rangers coach Gerard Gallant didn’t appear to be in any mood to celebrate the big step forward. As the two teams walked off the ice, Gallant seemed to have some choice profane words for former Ranger/current Canes’ d-man Tony DeAngelo.

Warning: NSFW language in the tweet below

Oh, man. That sort of anger from Gallant can’t be related to any one-off incidents. DeAngelo had to have been pushing the line somewhere during Game 3. It’s the only answer that makes sense.

The coach confirmed as much in his post-game interview:

A simple case of a coach defending his guys. How honorable.

If you were wondering, the Hurricanes and Rangers will next take the ice on Tuesday night. We’ll see if there are any new episodes to this heated, on-ice situation then.

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