Rapid reaction: New Jersey Devils acquire Cody Glass
The 25-year-old will provide the team with some much-needed depth down the middle.
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The New Jersey Devils have acquired some center help, prying Cody Glass from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a package centered around a 3rd round pick. Full details have not yet come out.
Rapid reaction
Cody Glass has put up 15 points through 51 games this season, 11 of which have come at 5v5.
He has not produced at an efficient rate – at all – yet has still outpaced Erik Haula (8), Curtis Lazar (5), and Justin Dowling (4) by decent margins.
Glass is a better skater and puck handler than the depth centers the Devils were rolling with. He has excelled in the faceoff circle, winning 52.7% of his draws.
The biggest selling point with Glass, though, is his play-driving. The Penguins controlled 55.29% of the shot attempts – and 57.12% of the expected goals – during Glass’ 5v5 minutes. Both of those marks were tops on the Pens.
The Devils will be hoping Glass can bring those play-driving elements while giving the team a little more juice offensively.
There’s reason to believe at least a small spike could be in the cards. Glass has generated 8.4 chances per 60 at 5v5, a mark bested by only Timo Meier, Jack Hughes, and Nico Hischier amongst Devils.
If his 5.1% shooting percentage this season can get closer to his career average (8.7%), there could be a few goals in him down the stretch.
While this is not a move that really moves the needle, it’s safe to say Glass is an upgrade and will provide the Devils with another much-needed option down the middle.
Glass carries a cap hit of $2.5 million and will be a restricted free agent in the summer so he does have some team control.
numbers via NaturalStatTrick.com and CapWages.com
Maybe but Fitz’s last two trade deadlines have been abject failures and he has lost his pulse on this team. He should’ve recognized that the team needed another scorer back in December-January and he screwed it up. Last year he waited too long to fix the goaltending and move on from Ruff. He needs to be fired. A GM has to be smarter and way more aggressive than this. Again, fire Fitz! Grit is overrated - you can’t win if you can’t score!
Is it me or was this just an awful job by Tom Fitzgerald here?