Rumor: Tanner Glass Retires/Joins NYR Front Office

[GeorgeKaplan]

So every player that has ever laced it up for an NHL game is immune to criticism (unless they’re lazy, or not physical or Russian or Rick Nash) because they are better than most fans?

Checks out.

Fixed

 

[eco's bones]

Reading Brooks' article it sounds like the Rangers may be adding more ex-players into the development end of things. I think Davidson had been talking about doing exactly that.

As for Poti--why are we talking about him? If Poti wanted to stay in the business after he retired I'm sure he had avenues he could explore and not just with the Rangers. You don't necessarily get work post-career just because you were a better player. It doesn't work that way. Poti was a better player than Ortmeyer too and Glen Sather, Jeff Gorton, Lindy Ruff, David Oliver, Greg Brown, AV and probably 75% of the coaches, asst. coaches, scouts and other NHL personnel around the league. If he's not doing something like that it's probably because he didn't pursue or even maybe other things like his personality isn't that hot.

 

[Thirty One]

Reading Brooks' article it sounds like the Rangers may be adding more ex-players into the development end of things. I think Davidson had been talking about doing exactly that.

As for Poti--why are we talking about him? If Poti wanted to stay in the business after he retired I'm sure he had avenues he could explore and not just with the Rangers. You don't necessarily get work post-career just because you were a better player. It doesn't work that way. Poti was a better player than Ortmeyer too and Glen Sather, Jeff Gorton, Lindy Ruff, David Oliver, Greg Brown, AV and probably 75% of the coaches, asst. coaches, scouts and other NHL personnel around the league. If he's not doing something like that it's probably because he didn't pursue or even maybe other things like his personality isn't that hot.

No one is saying Poti should have this job or a job in the organization. He was brought up as another player who was passionately disliked by a large subsection of Ranger fans.

 

[eco's bones]

No one is saying Poti should have this job or a job in the organization. He was brought up as another player who was passionately disliked by a large subsection of Ranger fans.

Well I wasn't a big fan of Poti's either but I could say almost the same for Chris Drury too. I like him a lot better as a development guy than as a player. On the other end of the spectrum is Messier who was an elite player even by HOF standards but never really wanted to put in the work but wanted to be considered for high profile positions anyway. Glass is staying in the game but it's not like this is some major position and especially if there are going to be a few others just like him as Davidson has seemed to hint.

 

[Thirty One]

Well I wasn't a big fan of Poti's either but I could say almost the same for Chris Drury too. I like him a lot better as a development guy than as a player. On the other end of the spectrum is Messier who was an elite player even by HOF standards but never really wanted to put in the work but wanted to be considered for high profile positions anyway. Glass is staying in the game but it's not like this is some major position and especially if there are going to be a few others just like him as Davidson has seemed to hint.

Yeah, very few people seem to have issue with Glass being put in the position, most of this thread is rehashing 2015 debates. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Glass' post-playing career has a Drury-like trajectory.

 

[eco's bones]

Yeah, very few people seem to have issue with Glass being put in the position, most of this thread is rehashing 2015 debates. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Glass' post-playing career has a Drury-like trajectory.

I don't know if I'd go that far. Brooks mentioned that Glass likes to travel and travelled to Europe whenever he got the chance. If he sticks with it and does well enough I could see him becoming a scout especially if he's willing to go all over. Hell as much as Amazing Kreiderman gets around they might want to set him up with some traveling expenses too.

 

[Joey Bones]

This is a really bad reaction, Joey.

Also, click that link to read an incredible amount of really stupid reactions from the non-diehard fans that peruse BSB. My God is BSB awful.

Aight it was an ill advised troll. Relax everyone....

 

[Joey Bones]

Dude this is the last freaking time I am going to tell you. I am sick and tired of it, enough already, when are you going to get it thru your thick skull.

There's no joking around here, the internet and the Rangers are serious business. You joke one more time and that's it man........

Of all guys to joke about Tanner Glass, who next George Parros?

 

[TheBloodyNine]

Love the blurb about him spending Christmas in Istanbul one year.

 

[CasusBelli]

Dartmouth grad with NHL experience, a great team-first attitude and a former Ranger to boot. Can’t complain at all.

 

[Ola]

Love the blurb about him spending Christmas in Istanbul one year.

Quinn was like, cool, it’s there Zuccarello lives, right?

 

[Ken Lund]

I never liked having Glass on the team as a player but no reason why he cant be great at player development.

 

[Bob Richards]

Having a really bad 4th line may not be a huge issue (which is debatable, the 4th line was at least bordering on being a huge issue in 15-16) but its also not a small issue. Especially when you have a coach who rolls 4 lines.

The concept that a team shouldn't fix a problem because its smaller than other problems is absurd.

And the idea that people shouldn't complain about those issues is absurd and also hypocritical. Brent Fedyk and Jeff Toms were the definitions of minor players and minor team issues and people never shut up about them, we still rag on them to this day.

When Zuccarello died in 2015 something tells me it would have been way cooler to have Lee Stempniak in the forward core over a, say, Tanner Glass

 

[Baby Punisher]

Report: Tanner Glass Joining New York Rangers Front Office

Pretty much the reaction I expected.

 

[Baby Punisher]

No one is saying Poti should have this job or a job in the organization. He was brought up as another player who was passionately disliked by a large subsection of Ranger fans.

Dis-like is an understatement. I clearly remember fans throwing peanuts at him while he was on the ice trying to get him to have an allergic reaction so he would leave the game.

 

[Bob Richards]

Dis-like is an understatement. I clearly remember fans throwing peanuts at him while he was on the ice trying to get him to have an allergic reaction so he would leave the game.

I'm gonna need a source on this one

 

[Alluckks]

I'm gonna need a source on this one

Sounds along the same lines of JT Miller terrorizing our prospects with force feeding lol

 

[Desdichado93]

I agree, besides doesn’t Glass go nice college? Isn’t Dartmouth pretty highly regarded? I don’t know these stuff, just think I heard about sometime.

Yeah it looks quite fancy atleast.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

I don't know if I'd go that far. Brooks mentioned that Glass likes to travel and travelled to Europe whenever he got the chance. If he sticks with it and does well enough I could see him becoming a scout especially if he's willing to go all over. Hell as much as Amazing Kreiderman gets around they might want to set him up with some traveling expenses too.

I'd be all for that