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Rangers promote Tanner Glass to director of player development

Nypost · · 314 words · By Andrew Crane
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Tanner Glass, who had been the assistant director of player development since 2019, was promoted to the primary role”
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Three independent web search results confirm that Tanner Glass was promoted to the Director of Player Development for the New York Rangers.
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web search NEUTRAL — The New York Rangers have promoted Tanner Glass as the director of player development.The Rangers also brought back Kevin Maxwell in April to be the team’s director of pro scouting and director of pla…
https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-rangers/latest-news/t…
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web search NEUTRAL — 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.Tanner Glass promoted to Ranger…
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rangers-promote-tanner-gla…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tanner Glass is officially the Rangers' new Director of Player Development. Can he fix the developmental issues that plagued the previous era?
https://bluelinestation.com/tanner-glass-promoted-to-lead-ne…
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“Jed Ortmeyer — who had held that position since 2017 — left to pursue other opportunities”
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The provided evidence for this claim is completely irrelevant, discussing 'The Jed Foundation' (a suicide prevention non-profit) instead of Jed Ortmeyer. However, one source in the evidence for Claim 0 mentions Ortmeyer left the organization after nine years, but it does not explicitly confirm the 2017 start date or the specific reason 'to pursue other opportunities'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Jed Foundation (JED) is a non-profit organization that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for teens and young adults in the United States. [2] Phil and Donna Satow started the organiza…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jed_Foundation
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web search NEUTRAL — The Jed Foundation is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults, giving them the skills and support they need to thrive today…and tomorrow
https://jedfoundation.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 21, 2026 · About The Jed Foundation JED is committed to protecting emotional health and preventing suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults. JED partners with high schools, colleges, school…
https://afsp.org/story/american-foundation-for-suicide-preve…
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“Glass, like Ortmeyer, is a former Rangers player, skating in 134 games across three seasons from 2014-17”
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One web search result explicitly states Glass played 134 games across three seasons from 2014-17 for the Rangers. This is supported by his Wikipedia entry confirming he is a former professional player, and hockeydb.com confirming his active years.
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web search NEUTRAL — Tanner Glass (born November 29, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Known as a physical player, he was a winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Florida Panthers, Van…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanner_Glass
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web search NEUTRAL — Glass, like Ortmeyer, is a former Rangers player, skating in 134 games across three seasons from 2014-17, and he returned to the organization in the development role after a season with the ...
https://nypost.com/2026/05/02/sports/rangers-promote-tanner-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Statistics of Tanner Glass, a hockey player from Regina, SASK born Nov 29 1983 who was active from 1999 to 2019.
https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=72654
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“he returned to the organization in the development role after a season with the Panthers and a campaign in France”
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One source explicitly mentions Glass returned to the organization in the development role after a season with the Panthers and a campaign in France. Other sources confirm he played for the Panthers (Wikipedia) but do not mention the French campaign.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The Panthers compete in the National Hockey League as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Panthers
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web search NEUTRAL — Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge. It's a platform to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality answers. This empowers people to learn from each other…
https://www.quora.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Tanner Glass (left) played two of his 11 NHL seasons with the Penguins (2012-14). In a poetic way, it was the perfect place for a rambunctious kid from the hard-scrabble prairies of Western Canada to …
https://triblive.com/sports/former-penguins-forward-tanner-g…
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“The Artemi Panarin trade already brought back prospect Liam Greentree”
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Multiple independent sources (a YouTube report, a news snippet, and a detailed trade breakdown) confirm the Rangers traded Artemi Panarin to the Kings and received prospect Liam Greentree in return.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Rangers get an underwhelming return in trade of Artemi Panarin!• Why Chris Drury misplayed the situation (even with Panarin having a NMC)• Liam Greentree...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC0vRFcb-cQ
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web search NEUTRAL — Who Is Liam Greentree? Rangers Acquire Top Prospect In Artemi Panarin Trade. 11 hours ago. Save for later.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Artemi Panarin blockbuster trade looks like it could work out long-term for the New York Rangers.In exchange for Panarin, the Rangers received a third-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, a fourth-ro…
https://www.si.com/nhl/rangers/onsi/news/ny-rangers-trade-of…
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“Kevin Maxwell, a pro scout and general manager of the Blues’ AHL affiliate, was brought back as the Blueshirts’ director of pro scouting and director of player personnel”
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Two independent sources confirm Kevin Maxwell returned to the Rangers in April as the director of pro scouting and director of player personnel after leaving the Blues' organization.
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web search NEUTRAL — The New York Rangers have promoted Tanner Glass as the director of player development.The Rangers also brought back Kevin Maxwell in April to be the team’s director of pro scouting and director of pla…
https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-rangers/latest-news/t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kevin Maxwell, who was director of pro scouting for the entirety of Gorton’s tenure, returned in that role last month after leaving the Blues’ organization. Jim Sullivan, who ran New York’s analytics …
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7253294/2026/05/05/new-york…
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web search NEUTRAL — New York Rangers Director of Player Development Jed Ortmeyer speaks to the media. Jed Ortmeyer addresses reporters during a July 2024 press conference.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/01/sports/jed-ortmeyer-leaving-ra…
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