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Originally Posted by AC
I think too much gets made out of Glencross' ice-time demands.
He didn't publicly complain, he was asked by a reporter if he wished he was playing more when it became known we were shopping him. He answered honestly that yeah, he would prefer to be playing bigger minutes and helping the team more.
What was he supposed to say? "No I don't want to be playing more"?
However it is pretty clear the Glencross camp had very unrealistic contract expectations given how things have played out.
He was a great soldier for us, but it was clear his time ran out here. I hope he lands somewhere.
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His salary expectations at the time he was traded were in line with his being a top 6 forward for 3-4 years with very weak and undersized line-mates ... there was no legit #1, 1a or even #2 C on the Flames until the step up by Backlund the 2nd half of 2013-14 and Monahan in 2014-15.
Glencross started 2013-14 playing against the other teams top lines with Ben Street at centre.
It was unimaginable that he would be so bad with the Caps. He was with better players than he had been with for the last 4 years. The Caps sure didn't get the value they expected.