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

[Jaromir Jagr]

The other thread got locked, but I'll repeat what I said there....

Trouba has to be furious, right? Wife is still a Dr in NY and that was one of the key reasons for the original move to NY? And they just had a baby earlier this year?

He's been moping around like a baby since we tried to move him this summer. Maybe he should have came to work ready to perform after blocking the trade this summer and not being put on waivers then. To mope around like he's done for 25% of the season as captain of a marquee organization, you deserve to be cut.

 

[Raspewtin]

And another GM comes groveling to help the Rangers.

Pathetic.

it's not our fault this league is full of room temp IQ GMs that still value players like this

 

[TheBeastCoast]

These tROuBa hAZ NeGAtIve vAaaluuEEE posts aged real well

I mean to be fair….he should have negative value.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

It’s amazing how often this team gets bailed out of its incompetence.

 

[Mike Jones]

I'm surprised the Rangers got rid of that contract without either retaining salary or sending a pick or something else Anaheim's way.

 

[Pestilence]

Gudas and trouba are going to kill people. Literally

League low in points and league high in suspensions. Sounds good

 

[Svechhammer]

Wait, that's not Brady Tkachuk

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Excuse me?

Not sure where you are seeing a 2nd.

Misread, fixed.

 

[gach]

Next time he plays in NY he'll send a couple Rangers to visit his wife in the hospital

 

[MasterofGrond]

it's not our fault this league is full of room temp IQ GMs that still value players like this

Room temp is generous. Maybe room temperature in Celsius.

 

[Grip it N RYP it]

Nice.

 

[King In The North]

Verbeek's next move will be a couple picks for Reaves.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

If this whole thing is about he wants to be close to family and all that stuff, what is this about then? Ohio is way closer to New York City than Anaheim is.

Was it all a ruse to effectively have a full no move clause?

 

[Forge]

I just don't know what you're thinking if you're Trouba, tbh. Feels like he was cutting off his nose to spite his face.

Complete lack of self awareness on what power you actually hold if he vetoed a trade to Columbus.

 

[Malkinstheman]

Rags offloaded 12m in salary between Trouba and Goodrow for free. The stupidity of NHL GMs knows no bounds

 

[Edgelord]

Drury dumped Goodrow and Trouba in the span of 5 months, and didn't have to pay anything to other teams to do so.

Now lock up Igor for 8 years and we are cooking.

Was it a situation where Goodrow and Trouba had to go to make room for guys they want to keep?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

It’s amazing how often this team gets bailed out of its incompetence.

after LA was able to dump Dubois so soon, nothing like this should be a surprise.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

The real loser in this trade is Alex Turcotte's brain

 

[uncleben]

Impressively bad piece of GMing from the Ducks here. Where is the upside?

The cap hit is irrelevant to Anaheim.
Trouba - while definitely Trouba - is still serviceable enough as a vet and leader for a team that is still young and receptive to some insulation.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

I can empathize with the man while thinking the player is dirty.

But why would you?

He doesn't deserve your empathy. He's rich, he's a whiny and he tries to injure other players.

He's one of the biggest assholes in the League.

 

[TheNewEra]

Verbeek's next move will be a couple picks for Reaves.

as long as they trade for hamonic first

 

[Curufinwe]

Cry me a river, dude is getting paid millions and it's part of the biz. He should've accepted his fate during the summer and NYR would have worked with him. Could not care less.

Yup. He can always retire if he doesn't want to move.

 

[TheLegend]

 

[Trxjw]

I don't follow the rangers that close but had he really fallen off that hard?

It's nuanced. Expectations got inflated with an inflated contract that he drastically underperformed against. He hasn't been good on the ice but has been carrying some struggling partners the last couple years as well.

However, there is absolutely value here for the Ducks. They get Trouba for the same thing the Rangers got him for: Veteran insulation. Trouba allowed Fox to work into the lineup behind him and eventually take over. He's taken a lot of criticism that could've gone Miller's way. And honestly if he can regain some form I wouldn't be at all surprised to see the Ducks flip him for more than they paid for him at the deadline next year.

I think if you asked most Ducks fans would you trade Vak and a conditional 4th for a 2nd in the 2026 draft they would say yes. And I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Verbeek get that a year from now for Trouba at 50% retention.

People are going nuts but this could prove to be a good move for both teams in a year.

 

[wonton15]

Zegras for Mathieu Olivier next. Do it Verbeek, you’re on a roll!