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Confirmed with Link: Tanner Glass signs with Rangers for 3 years @ 1.45 million/season

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AHB said:
Yea, but why trade Dorsett if you're spending the money on glass?
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what he said...

Dorsett sucks, man. Guy is a total waste of space. No offense, and a total punching bag. Also takes very dumb penalties at very inopportune times.
 
You can say we shouldn't be complaining about a fourth liner. It's true, he shouldn't make that much of a difference to the team, but when cap space is such a valuable commodity, wasting 1.45M on a player who will make you worse isn't wise.
 
Bleed Ranger Blue said:
I just dont get it.

Just dont sign Glass and Im feeling a lot better about yesterday
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This is how I feel. Unfortunate to lose Stralman and I would've resigned him, fine with losing Boyle after what he said, and I like the AHL depth signings/Dom Moore. Would've liked Goc or something, but Grabo is on the market and i'm praying to the hockey gods we trade Klein (and then throw Glass in the AHL in October) to fit him.

...But signing one of the worst players (even if you don't think he is THE worst, he's definitely top 10 worst) to 3 years and almost one million more than the minimum? Literally what the **** is management thinking?
 
yeah, i agree, i think yesterday looks a LOT better if they simply didnt sign glass. and yesterday looks like a win if they just re-signed Boyle.
 
BlueshirtBlitz said:
This is how I feel. Unfortunate to lose Stralman and I would've resigned him, fine with losing Boyle after what he said, and I like the AHL depth signings/Dom Moore. Would've liked Goc or something, but Grabo is on the market and i'm praying to the hockey gods we trade Klein (and then throw Glass in the AHL in October) to fit him.

...But signing one of the worst players (even if you don't think he is THE worst, he's definitely top 10 worst) to 3 years and almost one million more than the minimum? Literally what the **** is management thinking?
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Watching Pittsburgh the past couple years, its clear that lack of depth has been their problem. Whenever I watched them, I'd think to myself "Man, Tanner Glass sucks and is part of that problem." He'd just add nothing.

Why the Rangers felt the need to give him 3 years is beyond me. Patrick Rissmiller-esque.
 
Bleed Ranger Blue said:
Watching Pittsburgh the past couple years, its clear that lack of depth has been their problem. Whenever I watched them, I'd think to myself "Man, Tanner Glass sucks and is part of that problem." He'd just add nothing.

Why the Rangers felt the need to give him 3 years is beyond me. Patrick Rissmiller-esque.
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Pittsburgh had terrible depth and they didn't play Glass when it mattered.
 
Overpaying someone by half a million is never that big of a deal. It's when you're overpaying a guy by 3 or 4 million, like with Brad Richards. I get that wasting money is never a good idea but one slight overpayment doesn't destroy a team... not even close.
 
Steve Downie: 1 year, $1 million

Tanner Glass: 3 years, $1.45 million per

You can't make this stuff up.
 
CHGoalie27 said:
We couldve just added whatever money for boyle and used any ahl tough guy at minimum...
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Isn't Glass a bit better than an AHL tough guy? For all his toughness, he had less fighting majors than Dorsett, and a few more than Klein (7 vs. 3). Ok, he sucks, but he did kill penalties at the NHL level and he did tally 13 points (4 goals) in 67 NHL games last season (5 less points and 2 less goals than Boyle). That production, and PK ability, is a bit more than an AHL goon. Plus, the money spent, still, in total, would likely be more than what management would have like to have spent (If you have Boyle + the AHL enforcer and Glass + somebody else since you need equal bodies, the Boyle + the AHL enforcer cost still may be greater than Glass + somebody else).
 
CHGoalie27 said:
We couldve just added whatever money for boyle and used any ahl tough guy at minimum...
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That would be the reasonable way to go. They certainly want to carry a tough guy, why not one on a one yr deal @ $950k less. You could have Carcillo and an AHL level fighter as the 13th forward with no term on their deals. The Glass contract doesn't make any sense.
 
BlueshirtBlitz said:
This is how I feel. Unfortunate to lose Stralman and I would've resigned him, fine with losing Boyle after what he said, and I like the AHL depth signings/Dom Moore. Would've liked Goc or something, but Grabo is on the market and i'm praying to the hockey gods we trade Klein (and then throw Glass in the AHL in October) to fit him.

...But signing one of the worst players (even if you don't think he is THE worst, he's definitely top 10 worst) to 3 years and almost one million more than the minimum? Literally what the **** is management thinking?
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Not defending Glass, really, but the idea of A 'top 10' (or bottom 10?) Worst players in the NHL is a joke. It's not like "you have to be this good to ride." But if you really wanna qualify it on such a small level, the "worst" NHLers are the guys that play a game or two in their entire career. Glass has been an NHL regular, he's doing something right... don't ask me, I've never paid much attention to him, as I guarantee 90% of the people acting so put off and confused by the signing haven't either.

I see his stats are not good, but half of HFBoards will tell you stats mean nothing, so...

Maybe AV seew something in him. It's likely his influence weighed into the signings quite a bit--Sather has never shown concern over building up Hartford.

BTW, Dorsett sucks too.

Grabovski could be worththe risk. This fanbase will be driven mad by him, for sure.
 
BobMarleyNYR said:
Not defending Glass, really, but the idea of A 'top 10' (or bottom 10?) Worst players in the NHL is a joke. It's not like "you have to be this good to ride." But if you really wanna qualify it on such a small level, the "worst" NHLers are the guys that play a game or two in their entire career. Glass has been an NHL regular, he's doing something right... don't ask me, I've never paid much attention to him, as I guarantee 90% of the people acting so put off and confused by the signing haven't either.

I see his stats are not good, but half of HFBoards will tell you stats mean nothing, so...

Maybe AV seew something in him. It's likely his influence weighed into the signings quite a bit--Sather has never shown concern over building up Hartford.

BTW, Dorsett sucks too.
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Very good post. I have to believe that AV had a say in this.
 
SingnBluesOnBroadway said:
Boyle wanted/wants a bigger role. He wasn't going to get that here.
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I don't think he's going to get that in TB either. Look at their centers. He's not going to be 3C, and I'd be real shocked if they put him as a third line wing with their forward depth.

Something soured with him and NYR. I thought it was dumb for him to demand a line assignment on July 1 and I thought it was really, really dumb of AV to deny it to him outright. Could and should have said, "we'll give you X amount for Y years, and you'll get the spot you earn in camp or throughout the year" or just say, "okay, we'll give you a long look on the third line," and if he thrives, great, if he doesn't, too bad, he'll be back on the fourth. There was no reason to slam that door shut, at least not that we saw as fans.

Then there was talk that NYR didn't even contact him or offer him a deal. And he ended up signing for 2m/year. Again, something had to have gone wrong.

What a waste of a good asset and locker room presence.
 
haveandare said:
I don't think he's going to get that in TB either. Look at their centers. He's not going to be 3C, and I'd be real shocked if they put him as a third line wing with their forward depth.

Something soured with him and NYR. I thought it was dumb for him to demand a line assignment on July 1 and I thought it was really, really dumb of AV to deny it to him outright. Could and should have said, "we'll give you X amount for Y years, and you'll get the spot you earn in camp or throughout the year" or just say, "okay, we'll give you a long look on the third line," and if he thrives, great, if he doesn't, too bad, he'll be back on the fourth. There was no reason to slam that door shut, at least not that we saw as fans.

Then there was talk that NYR didn't even contact him or offer him a deal. And he ended up signing for 2m/year. Again, something had to have gone wrong.

What a waste of a good asset and locker room presence.
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They could use him on the PP as a guy who will stand in front of the goalie. They obviously said the right thing.
 
AHB said:
Yea, but why trade Dorsett if you're spending the money on glass?
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That is what I thought but it was not just Glass for Dorsett.

It turned out to be Glass plus a 3rd round pick for Dorsett.
 
SingnBluesOnBroadway said:
They could use him on the PP as a guy who will stand in front of the goalie. They obviously said the right thing.
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Frustrating to think that NYR lost a good player because they didn't "say the right thing." Ugh. What a waste.

On the plus side, everyone thought Carcillo would be a waste, just like they do with Glass now, so there's a chance that he plays pleasantly well for his role.

If last year impressed anything on me, it's that HF doesn't know what its talking about. It's reactionary, almost completely.
 
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