Penguins A to Z: Ty Glover still requires plenty of refinement
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With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2022-23 season coming to an end without any postseason action, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 49 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from mid-level prospect Corey Andonovski to top-six winger Jason Zucker.
This series will publish every weekday leading into the NHL Draft on June 28 and 29.
(Note: All contract information courtesy of Cap Friendly.)
Ty Glover
Position: Center
Shoots: Left
Age: 22
Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 200 pounds
2022-23 AHL statistics: 49 games, 12 points (seven goals, five assists)
Contract: In the first year of a three-year, entry-level contract with a salary cap hit of $859,167. Pending restricted free agent in the 2025 offseason.
(Note: Glover does not require waivers for any transactions involving a minor league affiliate.)
Acquired: Undrafted free agent signing, March 29, 2022
Last season: One of Ron Hextall’s prominent pursuits during his recently completed tenure as the Penguins’ general manager was to be aggressive on the undrafted free agent market. The high point of that endeavor came in March of 2022 when he signed five such prospects in forwards Corey Andonovski and Jordan Frasca, goaltender Taylor Gauthier, defenseman Colin Swoyer and Glover.
It would be a stretch to say any of them truly stood out, but Glover was fairly inert compared to most of the quintet.
After being a healthy scratch for three of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s first four games, Glover pieced together a modest two-game scoring streak, including his first career professional goal in a 2-1 road win against the Providence Bruins on Oct. 23.
An undisclosed injury suffered Nov. 6 forced him to be sidelined for 12 games. As a result, Glover went just over over three months between his first and second goals, the latter of which was a game-winning score in a 3-1 home win against the Bridgeport Islanders on Jan. 28.
Primarily deployed as a fourth-line winger, Glover was a somewhat regular scratch as he sat for eight of a possible 15 games between Feb. 4 and March 11 but managed to find himself in the lineup for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s final 14 games of the season.
The high point of Glover’s first professional season came during that stretch when he collected two goals and two assists in an 8-2 road win against Bridgeport on April 8.
The future: A native of the United Kingdom, Glover is still very raw but there’s plenty to be intrigued with.
A power forward, he found plenty of offense in and around the crease at the NCAA level with Western Michigan before turning professional. He displayed that incrementally last season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, admittedly with limited opportunities as a fourth liner, primarily.
Presumably, with forwards such as Alex Nylander and Drew O’Connor more likely to be full-time NHLers and Filip Hallander departing after signing in his native Finland, the opportunity for a more prominent role with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton will be available to Glover in his second professional season.
There is plenty of potential for him to develop into a legitimate bottom-six NHL forward. But plenty of refinement is still required.