Kyle Phillippi
Ding ding ding!
Did you hear that? Tanner Glass, a left winger for the New York Rangers, held no words back when discussing his plans for Wayne Simmonds in the next meeting, which will come this Sunday.
With the Rangers still bitter about the whole Simmonds and Ryan McDonagh incident, which left McDonagh injured and held out of the team’s game on Monday, the players aren’t mixing any words, especially Glass.
This coming a day after Rangers head coach, Alain Vigneault, gave his thoughts on the league’s lack of discipline on Simmonds.
Regarding Glass, let’s check out his fighting words, according to Newsday:
“You’ve got to think team first; you’re not taking a penalty. Then you’ve just got to let him know it’s not going to be tolerated… He’ll know.
“He’s a dangerous player … he hacks and slashes. He’s been in enough altercations to know that it’s coming. It’s hockey. Everyone knows. I know what I’m doing. The older you get, the more fights you’re in, the more you become comfortable with it, I think for me anyway.”
Boom.
To briefly counter this, though, it seems like everyone forgets that Simmonds was cross checked in the face…. like with a full two-handed check into the face. No big deal.
Who knows, maybe Vigneault will send Glass out on the first shift and let this nonsense reach its final blow.
And maybe we can get an ultimate winner unlike their previous bout…