Monsieur Verdoux
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First goal as a Devil, he looked good against the Flyers. Let's see how he plays next 15–20 games.
Bizarre deal for New Jersey. Glass is a defensive 4C, not sure why they're trading a 3rd and a decent prospect in Graham for that.
I don't think Stillman is anything of note, but one benefit with him is that he's not veteran status in the AHL going forward while Gruden is. The Penguins AHL team has a lot of vets right now (part of why they're really good) and they probably didn't want to waste a veteran spot on Gruden. Gruden is under contract for next year, so getting out of his deal allows them to replace him with a much better AHL vet.
First goal as a Devil, he looked good against the Flyers. Let's see how he plays next 15–20 games.
I'm curious how he looked in Vegas and Nashville, veteran, win now teams the entire time he's been in the league.Finally turning into that 2C people thought when he was drafted?
Some Pens fans had a clouded view on him. He’s a good all-around player. Wasn’t advertised as being a good skater or good defensively but he was both of those things here, plus good on faceoffs. Wasn’t scoring much but he mostly played with crap. Though he had a couple top-6 stints and still didn’t produce. He was drafted pretty high though and it wasn’t for his defense.2 assist for Glass tonight, 3 points in 2 games for him
Another player that does well as soon as he gets away from SullivanSome Pens fans had a clouded view on him. He’s a good all-around player. Wasn’t advertised as being a good skater or good defensively but he was both of those things here, plus good on faceoffs. Wasn’t scoring much but he mostly played with crap. Though he had a couple top-6 stints and still didn’t produce. He was drafted pretty high though and it wasn’t for his defense.
I don’t think he was ever going to get QOed though.
I hope Glass finally finds his groove in New Jersey. They certainly seem to have a knack for bringing out the best of players.
Love this.
I may be in a minority on the Pens board but I like Glass. Dude wasn't a world beater while he was here but I always appreciated his game. I thought for sure he was going to be a middle 6 center for us during our transition out of the Sid and Geno era but I guess we have Novak for that now.
First goal as a Devil, he looked good against the Flyers. Let's see how he plays next 15–20 games.
He's looked pretty good so far, hopefully he can sustain it. If he can't I could see the Devils not qualifying him.Some Pens fans had a clouded view on him. He’s a good all-around player. Wasn’t advertised as being a good skater or good defensively but he was both of those things here, plus good on faceoffs. Wasn’t scoring much but he mostly played with crap. Though he had a couple top-6 stints and still didn’t produce. He was drafted pretty high though and it wasn’t for his defense.
I don’t think he was ever going to get QOed though.
Glass's biggest issue is he can't stay healthy. Just about the time he starts playing well he gets hurt and is out for a while. That's what his entire existence was in Nashville. They would send him down to get playing time and get his confidence back, would call him up, he would be decent for a game or two and then get hurt. Rinse and repeat. Once he could no longer be sent down he would get limited minutes, play well and start getting used more and then get hurt.I'm curious how he looked in Vegas and Nashville, veteran, win now teams the entire time he's been in the league.
Just doesn't seem like a great developmental situation re: getting time to try stuff and make mistakes. But his game is very likable.
It's kind of alarming how quickly things turned around for him in Nashville, in retrospect. The organization was singing his praises and noticeably making an effort to hype him during that first year when they sent him back to Milwaukee to "fix" his development. Then he responded with a pretty decent season at nearly 0.5ppg, even with variable utilization the next year. That's what got him the $2.5M bridge. But the Preds really have zero patience when a young player struggles or runs into some injury troubles. He got bounced around, sidelined, pressboxed, saddled with 4th liners, etc the next season, really just railroaded into non-existence with the Preds.Glass's biggest issue is he can't stay healthy. Just about the time he starts playing well he gets hurt and is out for a while. That's what his entire existence was in Nashville. They would send him down to get playing time and get his confidence back, would call him up, he would be decent for a game or two and then get hurt. Rinse and repeat. Once he could no longer be sent down he would get limited minutes, play well and start getting used more and then get hurt.
The main consistency with him is that he always ended up injured.