I'd rather have a good PK option like him on the 4th line than one of the young guys. Let the young guys see more ice time in the AHL (Bourque) or the WHL (Stankoven) instead of plugging them on to a line that's going to see extremely limited minutes. Glendening also gives us another solid faceoff option in the bottom-6 and on the PK. Solid guy to have out there for defensive draws that you really need to win. He plays a very limited role & does pretty well at it.

I didn’t want to fully dump on Glendening as I do like him. Lol. We just don’t need him AND Faksa. The Swedes skate better. Delly and Damiani score more. I’m not as worried about it now that Robertson signed and we don’t need any additional space, but if DeBoer is being honest about everybody having a clean slate then he shouldn’t be in the lineup based on preseason performances. Also, if somebody picks up Glendening we can have three scratch players in stead of two. I feel like two is workable but why limit your options if you don’t have to? It’s a wasted conversation as he will be in the lineup. Likely because they “need him on the PK”