Rangers fans seem to think Trouba is going to either become a 8m 3rd pairing guy, or someone will be willing to take on that contract in a year or two.
They also don't think that a top 3 team in the league is close to going deep enough in the playoff to sell futures.
If you are going to characterize Ranger fans' arguments, at least get them right.
Trouba is playing the best hockey of his career this year. The reason Ranger fans suggest that Trouba will be traded in a few years is because we have Schneider. If Schneider can become what Trouba is today, then it's just smart business to trade Trouba and use that cap space elsewhere. Trouba has 2 more years on his NMC, after which he has 2 years with a 15 team no trade list. By then, the players' debt should be paid off, or very close to it, and the cap will go up significantly. As long as Trouba is still playing at this level, and there's no reason to think he won't since he's only 27, he will absolutely be tradeable.
As far as being a top 3 team and selling futures, no one is saying we won't do that. But that doesn't mean giving up our best futures or trading for players we can't afford to re-sign. More than likely we are looking at rentals, probably ones on the cheaper side. We aren't going all in. This team is being built to contend for more than 1 year. And despite our record, we have some major flaws that will likely kill us in the playoffs. Flaws that won't be fixed by adding Boeser and then gutting our team to re-sign him.