Tanner "The Rangers' Class Pet Rock" Glass

Bleed Ranger Blue · Feb 16, 2015

Swept In Seven said:
For what it is worth it takes a lot of pieces falling in to place to get to reach that level. I have buddies strewn throughout the show, ncaa, and Europe; most were no more skilled than anyone else on my youth and junior teams (few of them were incredible though), they just got an opportunity and made the most of it. Just being good at hockey isn't enough to make it to the show.

Tanner Glass is brutal, he is only in the NHL because of his physicality and ability to become a punching bag when needed, he would get walked by a fair amount of people that I know.

Im going to go with there being a problem in your talent evaluation rather than knowing the most unlucky collection of hockey stars in the world.

TheTakedown · Feb 16, 2015

Bleed Ranger Blue said:
Im going to go with there being a problem in your talent evaluation rather than knowing the most unlucky collection of hockey stars in the world.

I'm going to say that Glass' talent level is clearly no higher than the ECHL, let's be honest.

Radek27 · Feb 16, 2015

azaloum90 said:
I'm going to say that Glass' talent level is clearly no higher than the ECHL, let's be honest.

He wasn't brought here for his talent level, his job is to protect his team and be a good guy in the room.

Krams · Feb 16, 2015

Radek27 said:
He wasn't brought here for his talent level, his job is to protect his team and be a good guy in the room.

Should've just signed Doug Glatt if that's the case.

The Gloaming · Feb 16, 2015

Radek27 said:
He wasn't brought here for his talent level, his job is to protect his team and be a good guy in the room.

Protect his team from what? Scoring goals and holding leads?

TheTakedown · Feb 16, 2015

Radek27 said:
He wasn't brought here for his talent level, his job is to protect his team and be a good guy in the room.

you understand that you cannot waste a roster spot on a guy who "protects" the team from 1 scrum a game, right?

Roo Returns · Feb 16, 2015

Another guy that was sorta booed and mocked was Ronald Petrovicky. He was a wiaver wire acquisition who skated and tried to hit anything. I remember going to games and fans would chant his name in a weird foreign accent when he was on the ice "Petroveeekeee"

Inferno · Feb 16, 2015

azaloum90 said:
you understand that you cannot waste a roster spot on a guy who "protects" the team from 1 scrum a game, right?

yeah, and i dont buy that he even does that.

games with or without him seem to have the same amount of physicality and danger.

goons that cant play are utterly useless in this day and age.

AV seems to think so with his words..just not with his actions.

TheTakedown · Feb 16, 2015

Inferno said:
yeah, and i dont buy that he even does that.

games with or without him seem to have the same amount of physicality and danger.

goons that cant play are utterly useless in this day and age.

AV seems to think so with his words..just not with his actions.

i dont either, I was just trying to make a point in his specific case.

Goons simply cant waste a spot because the game is much faster than it was 15 years ago, which means that you can't afford to have a player only play 5 minutes a game

Moore-Stempniak looks fine as a 4th line. I'd like to see Fast play a little more like Carcillo

nyr2k2 · Feb 16, 2015

I wish we'd have just kept Car Bomb. Cheaper, and despite playing a little less than Glass, is dramatically more effective. I just don't get it.

haveandare · Feb 16, 2015

Radek27 said:
He wasn't brought here for his talent level, his job is to protect his team and be a good guy in the room.

Nobody should ever be brought in for any explanation that starts with "they're a bad hockey player, but..."

You can sacrifice scoring prowess or very sharp d for a tough guy who people like, you can't totally sacrifice any good play on either side of the puck. Other players do what Glass is supposed to do fine enough, he's particularly terrible at it.

Cassano · Feb 16, 2015

nyr2k2 said:
I wish we'd have just kept Car Bomb. Cheaper, and despite playing a little less than Glass, is dramatically more effective. I just don't get it.

Carcillo can't handle heavy weights.

The Gloaming · Feb 16, 2015

Kovacic said:
Carcillo can't handle heavy weights.

Who gives a ****? So he'll lose a Fight against some goon. Then what? At least he can be part of a great 4th line. Which is something Glass can only dream of.

Glass can't forecheck. He can't backcheck. He can't score. But at least he can bash some people. Yay.

Bleed Ranger Blue · Feb 16, 2015

Kovacic said:
Carcillo can't handle heavy weights.

Heavyweights cant handle the NHL anymore - so, call me crazy, but that doesn't seem like a point to be worrying about.

Krams · Feb 16, 2015

Bleed Ranger Blue said:
Heavyweights cant handle the NHL anymore - so, call me crazy, but that doesn't seem like a point to be worrying about.

Well said.

Trou Trou Train · Feb 16, 2015

I hope and pray every single game day that I see Tanner Glasses name under the healthy scratch list.

Thirty One · Feb 16, 2015

Bleed Ranger Blue said:
Im going to go with there being a problem in your talent evaluation rather than knowing the most unlucky collection of hockey stars in the world.

Yeah, I guess if you think the players around you are quasi-NHL-quality, it allows you to think you're a lot better than you are.

nyr2k2 said:
I wish we'd have just kept Car Bomb. Cheaper, and despite playing a little less than Glass, is dramatically more effective. I just don't get it.

My theory is that after Carcillo's antics in the playoffs, they wanted as low maintenance a scrapper as they could find.

mandiblesofdoom · Feb 16, 2015

nyr2k2 said:
I wish we'd have just kept Car Bomb. Cheaper, and despite playing a little less than Glass, is dramatically more effective. I just don't get it.

Problem with Carcillo is he is gets himself thrown out sometimes, 5-min majors, etc. He could hurt the team that way.

He's definitely a better player than Glass, that's for sure.

nyr2k2 · Feb 16, 2015

Kovacic said:
Carcillo can't handle heavy weights.

This year, Glass has fought: Andrew Desjardins, Cody McLeod, Lance Bouma, Adam McQuaid, Jared Boll, and Brandon Prust. Three heavies and three middleweights. So you're telling me that those three fights that Carcillo couldn't handle (which is debatable anyway) somehow outweigh the fact that Tanner Glass is the worst player in the league when it comes to on-ice goal production? Okay.

Glass neutralizes an entire line when he plays. One of OUR lines. It's terrible. We become a three-line team. If we haven't by now learned the importance of having four lines that can play, we're ****ed.

mandiblesofdoom · Feb 16, 2015

Bleed Ranger Blue said:
Heavyweights cant handle the NHL anymore - so, call me crazy, but that doesn't seem like a point to be worrying about.

Yeah, how many of these heavyweights are there in the NHL now?

Miller Time NYR · Feb 16, 2015

Thirty One said:
Yeah, I guess if you think the players around you are quasi-NHL-quality, it allows you to think you're a lot better than you are.

My theory is that after Carcillo's antics in the playoffs, they wanted as low maintenance a scrapper as they could find.

I think this is exactly what Sather was thinking, we only had to deal with his antics for a playoff run and not a full season. Glen hit a home run on the low maintenance part, as well as low quality, low hockey IQ, low point production, low everything. :nod:

still holding out hope if we make a move at the deadline for a rental with a team thats cutting costs and rebuilding we can tack on an extra pick and ship him out.

Raspewtin · Feb 16, 2015

nyr2k2 said:
This year, Glass has fought: Andrew Desjardins, Cody McLeod, Lance Bouma, Adam McQuaid, Jared Boll, and Brandon Prust. Three heavies and three middleweights. So you're telling me that those three fights that Carcillo couldn't handle (which is debatable anyway) somehow outweigh the fact that Tanner Glass is the worst player in the league when it comes to on-ice goal production? Okay.

Glass neutralizes an entire line when he plays. One of OUR lines. It's terrible. We become a three-line team. If we haven't by now learned the importance of having four lines that can play, we're ****ed.

He was clearly being sarcastic.......

YoSoyLalo · Feb 16, 2015

Can't wait until fighting is completely irrelevant.

The day that I can watch an NHL game without seeing some dud of an enforcer is the day I am a happy camper. I honestly can't believe players like Glass, Shawn Thornton, John Scott etc exist in the NHL in 2015.

Thirty One · Feb 16, 2015

JeffMangum said:
Can't wait until fighting is completely irrelevant.

The day that I can watch an NHL game without seeing some dud of an enforcer is the day I am a happy camper. I honestly can't believe players like Glass, Shawn Thornton, John Scott etc exist in the NHL in 2015.

I dream of the day when they are still around, but not on my team.

nyr2k2 · Feb 16, 2015

Raspewtin said:
He was clearly being sarcastic.......

Unfortunately, a lot of people seriously believe those types of things, so it's not clear to me without knowing the poster's actual stance on Glass.

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