Rangers promote Tanner Glass to director of player development
Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports The New York Rangers promoted Tanner Glass to director of player development on Saturday, one day after Jed Ortmeyer left the organization after nine years in that role. Glass served as the team’s assistant director of player development since June 2019 and figured to be a top candidate if president and general manager Chris Drury wanted to promote from within. The 42-year-old was a bottom-six forward during his 11 seasons in the NHL and was a member of the Rangers from 2014-17.
The Regina, Saskatchewan, native appeared in 66 regular-season games and 19 playoff contests for the Blueshirts in 2014-15, helping New York advance to the Eastern Conference Final, though the Rangers lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games. Brad Penner-Imagn Images He retired after playing 16 games for the Calgary Flames in 2017-18 with 69 points (24 goals, 45 assists) and 658 penalty minutes in 527 NHL regular-season games, including six goals and 15 points in 134 games during his three seasons with the Blueshirts. Glass also had two goals and six points in 67 Stanley Cup Playoff games, including one goal and four points in 30 games with New York.
Player development was an issue for the Rangers under Ortmeyer and was a key in back-to-back playoff misses in the past two seasons. Top-10 picks Lias Andersson (No. 7 in 2017) and Vitaly Kravtsov (No.
9 in 2019) were busts, and Kaapo Kakko (No. 2 in 2019) never lived up to his draft status before the Rangers traded him to the Seattle Kraken in December 2024. Forward Alexis Lafreniere, the first player taken in the 2020 draft, has not reached 30 goals or 60 points in his six NHL seasons.
2023 first-rounder Gabe Perreault showed promise this season but still has more to prove at the NHL level. Danny Wild-Imagn Images Brennan Othmann, taken with the 16th pick in 2021, never panned out and was traded to the Calgary Flames in March. Lafreniere and defenseman Braden Schneider (No.
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