Tanner Glass retires

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Legend

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[Fazkovsky]

Good run for a limited skilled player

 

[not a troll]

NYR coaches to their prospects - "Whatever Tanner does, do the opposite"

 

[kingsholygrail]

The legend.

 

[Bounces R Way]

lmao back to the Rangers.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Never forget his fan on a wide open net in Game 5 2011.

A f***ing Timbits player could have buried it.

 

[djpatm]

Legend

wrong gif?

 

[Nickmo82]

How can he help develop hockey players? I mean him no disrespect, but c'mon.

 

[vanarchy]

Alain must be absolutely inconsolable. @everycanucksfan @everyrangersfan

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

I only remember him on the legendary GST line. I thought he was only good in Winnipeg.

 

[Golden Puppers]

How can he help develop hockey players? I mean him no disrespect, but c'mon.

I've seen people say things like this on this board before and I don't get it. Developing players and tailoring them for the 'NHL doesn't require you to be a super skilled player yourself.

Glass as a hockey player was still 99% better than the general population at the game of hockey, he stuck around pretty damn long in the NHL. Plus, he's Harvard educated and understands a lot about the game, even if he wasn't that great at it at the highest level.

 

[David Dennison]

Tanner is pretty far up there on the list of awful Canadian first names.

 

[wej20]

500+ games, hard to argue with that considering his skill set. God how I don't miss him and Craig Adams on the Pens 4th line.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Never forget his fan on a wide open net in Game 5 2011.

A ****ing Timbits player could have buried it.

Fanner Glass

 

[SenzZen]

And the Philadelphia Flyers' fanbase breath a collective sigh of relief...

 

[Groo]

Steve Ott was standing behind the bench when the Blues won their cup
Good for Glass

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Alain must be absolutely inconsolable. @everycanucksfan @everyrangersfan

Dan Bylsma's probably curled up in a ball weeping.

 

[Trap Jesus]

Can he not at least wait a bit longer to announce this to give the Blues their time in the limelight?

 

[Rangerfans]

Rangers brass sure know how to treat players well.

Very happy for Tanner Glass.

 

[EpochLink]

So when does AV hire him as an assistant for the Flyers coaching staff?

 

[Mrb1p]

About 10 years too late.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I've seen people say things like this on this board before and I don't get it. Developing players and tailoring them for the 'NHL doesn't require you to be a super skilled player yourself.

Glass as a hockey player was still 99% better than the general population at the game of hockey, he stuck around pretty damn long in the NHL. Plus, he's Harvard educated and understands a lot about the game, even if he wasn't that great at it at the highest level.

This. Some of the best hockey minds/communicators just can't quite play at an elite level themselves, doesn't mean they can't help others though. Some of my best coaches were terrible players but knew their crap, some of my worst coaches just said "it's easy, look!" which really didn't help. Just came up in another thread, but- I wonder if Gretzky being such a natural is what made him such a poor coach. How do you communicate something you can just do on instinct?

Can he not at least wait a bit longer to announce this to give the Blues their time in the limelight?

He wants to be transparent. Eh? EHHH?

Seriously though, no one is gonna halt the parade for Tanner Glass.

 

[Panteras]

remember him as a Panther, then got traded, then 5 years later and I still saw him in the NHL and I'm just like wait ..how?

 

[Qward]

How many games in the NHL have you guys played?

 

[Panteras]

How many games in the NHL have you guys played?

I think most of us own an Xbox or PlayStation