{"id":110095,"date":"2021-05-19T14:14:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T18:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=110095"},"modified":"2021-05-19T14:18:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T18:18:26","slug":"new-york-rangers-name-mike-grier-to-advisor-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/05\/19\/new-york-rangers-name-mike-grier-to-advisor-role\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Rangers Name Mike Grier to Advisor Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Rangers have hired former player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/griermi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Grier<\/a> as the team&#8217;s new hockey operations advisor. General manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/drurych01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Drury<\/a> made the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OFFICIAL: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NYR<\/a> President and General Manager Chris Drury has announced that Mike Grier has been named Hockey Operations Advisor.<\/p>\n<p>Full details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bqHXSg1tvi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/bqHXSg1tvi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6GBFqbRMdT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6GBFqbRMdT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Rangers (@NYRangers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYRangers\/status\/1395034395870994433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Mike Grier Names Rangers Hockey Ops Advisor<\/h3>\n<p>Grier will assist with on-ice decisions and off-ice player development in his new role. The Detroit native will also help with minor league players from the AHL Hartford Wolf Pack.<\/p>\n<p>The 14-year NHL veteran has filled many roles since retiring after the 2010-11 season. He was most recently an assistant coach with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/devils\/\" target=\"_self\">New Jersey Devils<\/a> during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Grier played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/oilers\/\" target=\"_self\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/capitals\/\" target=\"_self\">Washington Capitals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/sabres\/\" target=\"_self\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/sharks\/\" target=\"_self\">San Jose Sharks.<\/a> He totaled 162 goals and 221 assists for 383 points in 1,060 career games. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blues\/\" target=\"_self\">St. Louis Blues<\/a> originally drafted Grier in the ninth round, 219th overall of the 1993 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>The forward represented the United States in 1995 at the IIHF World Junior Championships while a member of Boston University. He also played for Team USA at the 2004 IIHF World Championships, where he helped his team win a bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s not the first Grier to be involved in player development, as his father, Bobby Grier, worked for the NFL&#8217;s Houston Texans and New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<h3>What it Means<\/h3>\n<p>The front-office remodel of the Rangers continues with Grier&#8217;s hiring. Him and Drury were both teammates with the Sabres and they were formidable penalty-killing group. Drury is trying to put his own mark on the franchise since being hired to replace his old boss Jeff Gorton.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good look to have a former NHL veteran that carved out a long career in the development department. More teams are also broadening their horizons when it comes to their hiring practices. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/05\/19\/meghan-duggan-hired-devils-player-development\/\" target=\"_self\">Devils recently added<\/a> Meghan Duggan to player development and Hayley Wickenheiser has been part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> front office.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"TisbqbC7SgtSS_CGUJIOAw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1171559710\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'TisbqbC7SgtSS_CGUJIOAw',sig:'f2Ax0CIl1bH_HUxR8p1jY8klO5Y9WF0wSFiAh_sQg8Q=',w:'594px',h:'398px',items:'1171559710',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Rangers have hired former player Mike Grier as the team&#8217;s new hockey operations advisor. General manager Chris Drury made the announcement on Wednesday. OFFICIAL: #NYR President and General Manager Chris Drury has announced that Mike Grier has been named Hockey Operations Advisor. Full details: https:\/\/t.co\/bqHXSg1tvi pic.twitter.com\/6GBFqbRMdT &mdash; New York Rangers (@NYRangers) May [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":110097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4547,34,4548],"tags":[1657,3667,5479,955],"class_list":["post-110095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rangers","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-chris-drury","tag-hayley-wickenheiser","tag-meghan-duggan","tag-nhl-news"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}