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Watched it today. Pretty good, felt it was a little light on the details though. The Trashers were surprisingly good too...
04-05 season: 44-29
05-06 season: 48-17
I kind of wish it was a series (to accommodate for time) and that James early life was told in detail. I think it would be really interesting to see how it all unfolded.
04-05 season: 44-29
05-06 season: 48-17
I kind of wish it was a series (to accommodate for time) and that James early life was told in detail. I think it would be really interesting to see how it all unfolded.
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I mean, they showed the fact they made the Colonial Cup final....
I agree there should have at least been a second episode. They only really focused on a handful of the players and there was a whole fucking cast of characters on that team that they could have dove into more. They only really scratched the surface on Gretzky and didn't even mention fucking legends like Mirasty and Hickey.
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IMO the story focused more on the family aspect of the team (ie, how a 17 year old became the GM, his fathers ties to the mob, etc) than a symposium on the team itself and it’s history. The shows focus was more what the team meant to those two guys (from their perspective) rather than a documentary on the team itself. It was really about the interplay between the father, the son and the league and how law enforcement was responsible for bringing the whole thing down. Sure they talked about the players and there was a lot to talk about but I didn’t get the sense that the players were the focus of the show.
at least that was my take on it.
at least that was my take on it.
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I feel like it tried to be both. They leaned pretty heavy into the "bad boys" angle when talking about the team. I feel like they did a good balance of Galante family and hockey operations. Feel like @Blackshirts BLVD said, they could have dug into both a little more.
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Yeah, and that is surprising given a new team full of mostly violent players. Good on em though. I love the big hits in hockey, just as I do for football too.
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Oh for sure, but James was definitely the most interesting character and I wanted to know more about his upbringing and how it all started by the end of this lol. Maybe a part 2 would be nice.
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Wasn't that surprising, didn't they go out and grab a bunch of UHL "stars" to stock the roster spots that weren't punchtastic?
I definitely remember this team and this story as I was working in Stamford at the time and also knew a couple of guys playing in the U (no Trashers though).
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They were able to do what they could because they were put on other companies payroll to circumvent league salary rules. These players weren't exactly gotten correctly.
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I remember that. I guess what I was thinking/saying was that when you go out and get a bunch of star players it's not surprising when you win regardless of how you got those players?
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Pretty good podcast interview of AJ done right after the documentary aired. He gets into stuff not covered in the Netflix show.
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EP. 59: Former Danbury Thrashers President & GM AJ Galante
<p>This week on The DFO Rundown, Frank Seravalli was joined by AJ Galante, who is the former President and General Manager of the Danbury Trashers hockey club and if you’ve watched the documentary ‘Untold: Crime & Penalties’ then you know exactly who he is.</p><p>AJ joined Frank to talk about...
Oh, this looks really interesting. I’m going to check this out.
So, James Galante, as in son of Carmine Galante?
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I rated this a 10 on scale of 1-10. You will LOVE it. Especially if you don’t have any of the background.
I’m not sure if the dad (Jimmy Galante) is the son of carmine galante.
Saw wiki said one of Carmines kids was James but couldn’t confirm if it was the same guy.
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be sure to check back after you watch it!
Wow. Holy shit!
This was amazing. I really walked into it prepared to hate these guys and this team. But, while I tried, I just couldn’t do it. Yeah, the bad boy fighting right off the drop isn’t exactly how I like my hockey. Fighting and rough play has its place.
But, then I remembered I’m from Philly. And I’ll rout for the Flyers. Even if the Broad Street Bullies was before my time I was raised under that lore. It might be why I really latched onto the Bad Boy Pistons back on the day. I do like a physical and intimidating team. So….I can’t be a hypocrite….I really liked this Thrashers team.
And I wanted to dislike this clearly spoiled rotten kid, but I just can’t. AJ Galante was likable. Jimmy Galante was likable. That’s not condoning the life Jimmy led. But….as Goodfellas would teach you he is a stand up guy.
AJ actually showed some ability to build a team. First thought on a guy buying a minor league hockey team and making his 17 year old the President was going to be a shit show. But, it wasn’t.
Yes, they were paying the players under the table with laundered money. That’s like any video game as a GM with all cheat settings in. But, still, I think if this kid was given a team and time he could have built a good one soon enough. He wasn’t an idiot.
Only knock on the documentary was I would have preferred to hear more about that second season than the mob crackdown. And this is coming from a guy that gleefully eviscerates any mob material I get.
Did they win the Cup that second year?
I’m going to say just a coincidence on the name now. They were mob star fucking this doc as much as they could (when the team and hockey should have been the main focus).
If Jimmy was Carmines kid they would have mentioned this a million times.
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The outline of the team on the ice actually spanned both years. Mike Rupp and Gretzky only played year one, the "brothers" was year two. The team made the cup final in their second year.
Interesting. In that case they really fucked with the story of the team on the ice. They made it like all the guys you mention were there year 1 and they lost in the finals in year 1 (unless I just missed on that).
Makes more sense since what they showed for the final was the guy with the broken leg coming back. I wondered how he got back on the ice after just a few months…..
