Predators activate breakout forward from injured reserve

Friday, the Nashville Predators opened up a pair of roster spots when they assigned Liam Foudy and Spencer Stastney to the minors.  One of those spots has now been filled as 102.5 The Game’s Nick Kieser relays that center Cody Glass has been activated off injured reserve.

Last season was somewhat of a breakout year for the 24-year-old forward.  After being more of a fringe player up to that point, the sixth pick in 2017 locked down a regular middle-six role, setting career highs across the board in games (72), goals (14), assists (21) and points (35).  That helped Glass earn a spot on Canada’s entry at the Worlds, where he added four more assists in 10 games.

His play also helped earn him a two-year, $5M deal, a nice raise for someone who had to settle for a two-way qualifying offer the year before.  The contract basically amounts to a second bridge deal to see if this type of production was repeatable or could be improved on or if he’s likely to remain more of a secondary contributor moving forward.

Unfortunately for him and the Preds, Glass struggled out of the gate offensively this season, recording just one assist in his first nine appearances despite averaging nearly 14 minutes a night of action before suffering an upper-body injury last month.  It’s fair to say they’ll be counting on him to provide more than that now that he has been cleared to rejoin the lineup.