I'm so in. Wanted Trouba last offseason. My hot take: He rebounds to become a solid contributor and we're pleasantly surprised.
Confirmed with Link: [ANA/NYR] Jacob Trouba for Urho Vaakanainen and 2025 4th round pick
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WhatTheDuck
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I'm just gonna drop by and say that the Rangers fans in most, if not all, forums, message boards, comments sections etc. are almost as much insufferable c u next tuesdays as the Flyers fans. What a vile and flagrant bunch.
dracom
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My only issue with this trade is if the locker room is already awful, bringing in someone who frankly doesn’t seem that thrilled to be here might make the locker room issues even worse.
Im pretty skeptical of all the talk about him being a great leader even if he wore the C in NY.
Im pretty skeptical of all the talk about him being a great leader even if he wore the C in NY.
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There are plenty of good NYR fans. The issue is that they’re a huge, old fan base, from a city that for some reason I’ve never understood thinks is the pinnacle of human civilization where everyone wants to live. There are exponentially more of them, and thus there are exponentially more of the bad apples who drown out all the good ones. Mix in the east coast brash culture, a splash of Internet anonymity, and here we are.
Vipers31
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I mean, he waived his NTC for the Ducks, so the issue of him being thrilled to be here is less of a consideration than with any other trade for a player without such a clause. Also, skepticism should have a bit of a basis - there’s lots of Rangers players (Quick, Miller, Zibanejad, at least) who were very vocal about his leadership, if you don’t want to take the GMs word for it, which is fair.
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Anaheim4ever
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And he wants to be here because his friends are here too (Strome and Vatrano).
I get that, and we also have @Leonardo87 over here as well, who seems to be one of the good guys. But f*** me sideways, a huge chunk of their fan base online is one whiny bunch.
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Oh yeah. The ones that ruin it for everyone go to 11.
The Midnight Burrito
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He also said he got to a place where he was excited to come here. He didn’t like how this was forced on him but it doesn’t seem like he’s aiming any bitterness our way. I mean if you take away his answers to the questions he gets about how it ended in NY, then he’s making pretty anodyne comments about a new start etc.
I’m not taking this trade very well. Not because of the player itself, have hope he can bounce back in a less toxic atmosphere.
This is more about the toxicity of NY and its fans that really is upsetting me. Then they sign Igor to that ridiculous contract and fans are like yay! Did you even learn??
You have no idea how the NY media made him out to be the bad guy, blaming his wife and whatnot. Then you add the toxicity of Rangers fans . I lost it when they traded Callahan several years ago , literally stopped watching and didn’t care they were in the SCF that year. He was actually still good and was a heart and soul player.
Players and their agents fight hard for those NTC/NMC, and what Drury did , which may have been unethical, was still legal and following the rules. I’m willing to think the CBA is going to try and change things around. After that happened with Goodrow and now Trouba.
Between the Ridiculous prices to see a game , petty and entitled fans , I’m growing tired of it.
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The PA uses the CBA to their advantage every chance they get. This time management used it to their advantage. Isn't that the point of having a CBA that defines what players and teams can and cannot do?
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Well, if nothing else, Trouba wasn’t the entire problem in New York.
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I just wanna see him lay out one of the kings players. Lol
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WhatTheDuck
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Stated that they were unsure who he'd play with but said he'd fit with our young left handed D, so that's any of Mintyukov, Zellweger or Lacombe. Although the most likely candidate to be sent down seems to be Helleson (was the most recent call up anyway), but he's been playing with Dumoulin.
I wish we had a beat writer travel with the team but I don't see anyone posting notes from today's practice.
robbieboy3686
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I’m going out on the limb and saying there’s no way that he gets put with lacombe
Yeah I doubt anyone will be on this trip. We’ll prob be in the dark until lineups are posted right before each game.
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Its tough.. i almost feel like Zellweger should go down until deadline.... i dont think he should be missing playing opportunities in a rotation.
Mintyukov Dumo
Fowler Trouba
Lacombe Gudas
-Helleson rotating in
