[News] Curtis Glencross Retires

[Hackey]

Times are tough when you can't crack the leafs.

[flamesfan1297]

Originally Posted by MattyC

europe is always an option as well.

If he cant make a team in North America i'd imagine he'll just hang up the skates.

[saXon]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

This was predicted back when the cap was first introduced - that the NHL would eventually come to be like the NBA, where each team has a few stars who command enormous salaries, and the rest of the roster is mostly cheap young players and bargain-basement journeymen. Middle of the road players have no place in that structure the moment their play drops off.

I guess we'll be seeing guys like Jones and Bollig hitting the wall in a few years as well then.

[FBI]

I hated Glencross as much as the next person but I legitimately thought he was going to step it up in the try-out. Quite amazing how fast he has fallen. Hope he salvages something at least!

On the other hand no big surprise on setoguchi.

[Karl]

Originally Posted by saXon

I guess we'll be seeing guys like Jones and Bollig hitting the wall in a few years as well then.

Like he said, the middling guys (and also of course obviously the guys who really suck) are getting squeezed out. So yes, that is a definite possibility.

[Karl]

I think the biggest problem for Glencross is that he's lost a lot of foot speed and that has also taken down the rest of his game to some degree. That's why he appears to some as 'lazy' or 'disinterested'. He just can't get to the places he used to as quickly as before.

I also think many NHL teams are well and truly aware of that too. Because of that, I think his time in the NHL is done, sadly.

[Calgary4LIfe]

Originally Posted by Karl

Like he said, the middling guys (and also of course obviously the guys who really suck) are getting squeezed out. So yes, that is a definite possibility.

I am curious to know what your take was on Glencross' performance during his PTO. Any insight as to how he looked to you, and how the competition was? I didn't catch any of the Leafs' camp or preseason.

[dino7c]

can't wait until Glencross cheap shots me in the beer league

[Karl]

Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

I am curious to know what your take was on Glencross' performance during his PTO. Any insight as to how he looked to you, and how the competition was? I didn't catch any of the Leafs' camp or preseason.

Admittedly, I haven't paid much attention to the training camp and have only seen one Leaf preseason game. Just so happened it was the one yesterday against the Habs, in which both Seto and Scoreface were playing in. Seto was playing on the 1st line a lot with Bozie & JVR. Glencross started on the 4th line with Kasperi Kapanen, a 2014 1st round pick we got in the Kessel trade and another prospect named Byron Froese, then with a bunch of different players (not named Bozak or JVR).

The whole team looked not very good for the most part, but it also didn't look like Glencross & Seto had much left to give either.

[Vulcan]

I saw a bit of the Montreal - Toronto game and except for one line, and Glencross wasn't on it, TO looked pretty terrible.

[Karl]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

I saw a bit of the Montreal - Toronto game and except for one line, and Glencross wasn't on it, TO looked pretty terrible.

Glencross got a bit of time with alot of different forwards, but only played 7:39 at even strength, but no PP time and didn't play at all with Bozak & JVR.

[Cactus Jack]

I think the Berra trade pre-dates Brad Tre-fu but that and the Glencross deals for second and third round picks were absolutely steals. Neither player has done anything remotely worth any one of those picks we received in return. That's good asset management, knowing when to divest yourself of an asset while people still see value in it.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by Cactus Jack

I think the Berra trade pre-dates Brad Tre-fu but that and the Glencross deals for second and third round picks were absolutely steals. Neither player has done anything remotely worth any one of those picks we received in return. That's good asset management, knowing when to divest yourself of an asset while people still see value in it.

That Glencross trade was huge especially considering when it was all said and done the flames traded their 1st, 2nd, 3rd round pick and Glencross for Hamilton and Kylington

[edslunch]

Feel bad for the guy - takes a hometown discount then can't cash in on his next contract. On the plus side he has the Chucks to fall back on as a passion.

[T@T]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Feel bad for the guy - takes a hometown discount then can't cash in on his next contract. On the plus side he has the Chucks to fall back on as a passion.

Maybe he should have taken the offered 2nd "hometown discount" huh?

[Poe969]

You mean the hometown discount with a full NTC? He wasn't good enough to get top dollar and an NTC, he really wanted that NTC so he was forced to leave money on the table...and it's not like he took half of what he should have got. He wasn't a 5-6 million dollar player playing for 2. It just shows that he thought he was worth more than he really was and that's how he's painted himself in the corner he's in now.

[calgaryblood]

Babcock does not like players like Glencross so no surprise he got released. He has say in who he wants and only wants players who give 100% effort every shift. Glencross in his prime wasn't giving full effort so I think the writing was on the wall.

Hope he lands somewhere else because I still think he can play at the NHL level just not for a coach like Babcock.

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

That Glencross trade was huge especially considering when it was all said and done the flames traded their 1st, 2nd, 3rd round pick and Glencross for Hamilton and Kylington

The last 6 months or so have been remarkable in terms of asset management turning:
Glencross, Baertchi, 1st, 2nd, 3rd

Into:
Hamilton, Kylington and Andersson.

It really is hard not to get excited looking at the return and getting a glimpse of what the two swedes have to offer.

Sucks for Glencross because by all accounts he is a phenomenal person and was part of the initial leadership group that put things back on the rails, but I am extremely thankful as a fan of the team, to unfolded the way that it did.

[Stay Golden]

Could be end of the road in the NHL for Glencross at age 32.
I thought he would been signed somewhere. Bet his 2.5m Flames contract looks appealing to him now. Still can't believe he actually said last offseason he regretted signing that deal.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Stay Golden

Could be end of the road in the NHL for Glencross at age 32.
I thought he would been signed somewhere. Bet his 2.5m Flames contract looks appealing to him now. Still can't believe he actually said last offseason he regretted signing that deal.

He probably regrets it even more now. He missed his chance to earn bigger dollars at the end of his prime likely thinking he could get another decent contract once it was over.