Confirmed with Link: [ANA/NYR] Jacob Trouba for Urho Vaakanainen and 2025 4th round pick

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I think you're seriously underestimating how hard he's fallen. This could be another Allen situation.

We never should have been the ones forced to pay in this situation either. I'm marking this down as Verbeek's first genuine failure.
You'd like to trust ranger fans' player evaluations?

Trouba isn't a number 1, if he is a number 3 here who plays physical in the crease and helps our PK that is a massive improvement. The money means nothing here. I love this move.
 

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Ya I dont hate it, as long as Fowler is dealt before the deadline for a good return.

I think you're seriously underestimating how hard he's fallen. This could be another Allen situation.

We never should have been the ones forced to pay in this situation either. I'm marking this down as Verbeek's first genuine failure.
Allen was 3 years, and the Ducks were trying to win and didnt have much cap space.
Trouba has a year and a half left, and his salary is only 6 mil these last 2 years.

This really isnt a bad deal. I would have preferred to not give up a pick, or get some retained, but it isnt a big deal. His contract will expire right when the Ducks care about cap space.
 

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Fowler, olen, lacombe, minty on the left

Gudas, trouba, helleson on the right.

I don't know, maybe they don't need to just move Fowler and they'll make the kids fight for that 6th spot.
 
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You'd like to trust ranger fans' player evaluations?

Trouba isn't a number 1, if he is a number 3 here who plays physical in the crease and helps our PK that is a massive improvement. The money means nothing here. I love this move.
I'm trusting every single Eastern conference teams' collective fan bases who are absolutely lambasting this deal and calling Verbeek one of the biggest idiots in the league. They've seen him, they all think Trouba is a terrible player these days. I don't care if he's on the 3rd pairing, if he's a detriment to the team defensively he's a net negative.

Out of all the fanbases in the league, we should be the ones who know what a genuinely bad D-man can do to a team defense. If he's as bad as everything we know about him suggests, we're the suckers here. Big time.
 

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I'm trusting every single Eastern conference teams' collective fan bases who are absolutely lambasting this deal and calling Verbeek one of the biggest idiots in the league. They've seen him, they all think Trouba is a terrible player these days. I don't care if he's on the 3rd pairing, if he's a detriment to the team defensively he's a net negative.

Out of all the fanbases in the league, we should be the ones who know what a genuinely bad D-man can do to a team defense. If he's as bad as everything we know about him suggests, we're the suckers here. Big time.
We are going to find out!
 
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I like Trouba’s game a lot and this team needed to get tougher.


I don’t love losing Vaaks though. Always a little hesitant to lose young defence given our history
 
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