GDT: Free Agency Frenzy July 1st @ 12pm ET (Apparently it's not 12pm)

[bleedblue94]

I understand why teams wouldn't make a trade given the situation. That is pretty obvious. The Rangers do have a legit gripe though the way the supposed "NTC" wink wink, was circumvented by his agent if the reports are true.

What's the gripe?

A player is free not to report to a team and forfeit their contract. Patrick Berglund ring a bell? Remember that shit storm of embarrassment for the teams?

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Trouba is standing on business so I do have to respect that on some level lol

But I agree about Larry and trusting him on this story. He’s f***ing flopped like a fish the last 24 hours on this story. Not sure I’d put faith in his word being gospel

 

[Hire Sather]

Maybe we just never give a contract to anyone ever again, or maybe people finally start realizing these players are real people with real lives along with a hockey career

So never trade anyone again because of it?

I just don't understand why Trouba is so different from anyone else who has to deal with being traded.

 

[bleedblue94]

No. I do not.

I don't blame him for not wanting to move himself and his family. No player wants to be traded. I get it he's human like everyone else.

My point is why does he get to stop a trade because of it but anyone else just has to deal with it? It's not like this isn't part of being a pro athlete.

I'm sure other players with successful wives have been traded as have players with children

He can't move his family!?

That's the entire point. His wife can't move and there is no world that he would move and take the infant child away from his wife/it's mom.

This isn't him not wanting to move his family, he literally can't move them until next summer...

So never trade anyone again because of it?

I just don't understand why Trouba is so different from anyone else who has to deal with being traded.

Im not being a smart ass, but do you realize his family literally can't move right now bc of his wife's residency? She can't move until next summer. So either he leaves his family or rips his kid away from his wife until she can move. Both are a disaster and teams would be beyond stupid to expect his to perform even semi decent with that kind of off ice drama at play. This isn't complicated. It's a unique situation.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

It's amazing how Brooks completely backed off all his previous Trouba reporting in that last article but then continues to throw out more rumors further down the article. "Sources report that the Red Wings deal was not on the table." "The suggestion that Trouba rejected a trade is not true." Uhhhh are these the same sources who told you the opposite three days ago or is this a new set of sources? Why exactly are we believing anything Brooks says on this story at this point?

I listen to every episode of the 32 Thoughts Podcast. When Friedman started talking about this topic on the last episode he prefaced it by saying he was thoroughly confused and unsure about the entire Trouba situation. Now I know why and props to him for not pretending like he knows everything the way Uncle Larry continues to do.

Brooks is a hack. I have said this for years. People still live and die by what he writes like it's gospel.

What's the gripe?

A player is free not to report to a team and forfeit their contract. Patrick Berglund ring a bell? Remember that shit storm of embarrassment for the teams?

Ok good. Then forfeit the contract for actively circumventing the NTC. We save 8 million a year.

 

[Chaels Arms]

No. I do not.

I don't blame him for not wanting to move himself and his family. No player wants to be traded. I get it he's human like everyone else.

My point is why does he get to stop a trade because of it but anyone else just has to deal with it? It's not like this isn't part of being a pro athlete.

I'm sure other players with successful wives have been traded as have players with children

Because like pretty much every other facet of business and life in general the squeaky wheel gets the grease. It's amazing the amount of stuff you can get that you don't actually have a right to if you're just willing to push a little harder or do things that others aren't willing to do. This type of stuff happens every day in the NBA and NFL to the point where nobody even is surprised about it and it hardly gets reported on. Hockey players are generally not as willing to push the issue which is why people who primarily follow hockey are making Trouba out to be a war criminal right now.

 

[noncents]

Brooks is a hack. I have said this for years. People still live and die by what he writes like it's gospel.

brooks indeed a hack but he had a man inside until ramsay got axed.

 

[bleedblue94]

It's amazing how Brooks completely backed off all his previous Trouba reporting in that last article but then continues to throw out more rumors further down the article. "Sources report that the Red Wings deal was not on the table." "The suggestion that Trouba rejected a trade is not true." Uhhhh are these the same sources who told you the opposite three days ago or is this a new set of sources? Why exactly are we believing anything Brooks says on this story at this point?

I listen to every episode of the 32 Thoughts Podcast. When Friedman started talking about this topic on the last episode he prefaced it by saying he was thoroughly confused and unsure about the entire Trouba situation. Now I know why and props to him for not pretending like he knows everything the way Uncle Larry continues to do.

Brooks was doing Drury's bidding using the media to force this situation through. It's beyond obvious what was happening. Now brooks is starting damage control for Drury bc he knows he cant just force this through the way he wanted

 

[noncents]

people who primarily follow hockey are making Trouba out to be a war criminal right now.

link of this? if this was happening to the devils i would be enjoying it gleefully. i'm pretty sure only people who care about this are rangers fans

 

[PuckLuck3043]

brooks indeed a hack but he had a man inside until ramsay got axed.

But Ramsey isn't here anymore and he is just making shit up.

 

[Hire Sather]

He can't move his family!?

That's the entire point. His wife can't move and there is no world that he would move and take the infant child away from his wife/it's mom.

This isn't him not wanting to move his family, he literally can't move them until next summer...


Im not being a smart ass, but do you realize his family literally can't move right now bc of his wife's residency? She can't move until next summer. So either he leaves his family or rips his kid away from his wife until she can move. Both are a disaster and teams would be beyond stupid to expect his to perform even semi decent with that kind of off ice drama at play. This isn't complicated. It's a unique situation.

I understand the situation with his wife. Not sure why I keep wording it the way I am by saying "move his family"

There just needs to be something we get in return here. I realize there's not but we want to move on from a player with a massive cap hit and we just can't do it. There's no way out even though we structured the contract to be able to move him this summer

 

[bleedblue94]

Brooks is a hack. I have said this for years. People still live and die by what he writes like it's gospel.


Ok good. Then forfeit the contract for actively circumventing the NTC. We save 8 million a year.

Except we literally need a 3rd pair Rd and the market is bare. Also this is what I was pushing about on the weekend when people kept saying the deal would go through on Monday after the NTC became active. I said all along if he was going to go a long with a deal on the NTC then that same deal could easily go through even on the nmc with his same consent. It didn't and there was a reason why. People shit on it Saturday when I shared info. Look where we are...

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

brooks indeed a hack but he had a man inside until ramsay got axed.

Larry still had people inside. If the last few days doesn’t prove it I’m not sure what does.

The article he posted tonight might as well of had Chris Drury on the byline

 

[Barnaby]

No one should dim your light - but want to clarify, I didn't mean they got lucky just last year. A coin flip series against Carolina means they got lucky in my book, but its not the bad kind, just the typical luck you need to move on. Carolina played fine. I am saying for them to win the cup, they would need to get really really lucky rounds 2, 3, and 4 next year and beyond with this group. With Trouba playing meaningful minutes, they cannot win the cup. He is that bad.

Carolina will be the same system - meaning we can beat them but they will be very good. Florida we still don't match up well, their top end is still better. Toronto got a bit better. NJD got better, Boston got another player. We, so far, kept Trouba. I mean, I am hoping for a defensive miracle, but you don't bet on miracles!

Oh stop. This is such an overdramatic group.

You want to go over some of the defensemen who have won cups in recent years?

The problem is Trouba’s salary relative to his on ice play. If he was a free agent looking for 3 million per then teams would line up for him.

 

[UnSandvich]

I understand the situation with his wife. Not sure why I keep wording it the way I am by saying "move his family"

There just needs to be something we get in return here. I realize there's not but we want to move on from a player with a massive cap hit and we just can't do it. There's no way out even though we structured the contract to be able to move him this summer

Why is that his problem?

 

[Tob]

He should have taken $7.5M and asked for a full NMC if he really wanted to guarantee the timeline and give his wife a year of delay. Once they got up to the current contract, offer Gorton to reduce it to $7.5M in exchange for full NMC but he didn't.

 

[Chaels Arms]

link of this? if this was happening to the devils i would be enjoying it gleefully. i'm pretty sure only people who care about this are rangers fans

Link to what? Have you read the past five pages of this thread? People are acting like Trouba is Saddam Hussein because he doesn't want to abruptly move his family. In hockey circles this is like a top ten controversy of the decade meanwhile NFL and NBA players do this stuff every day and no one even notices because it's so common place.

Who cares. It is what it is. Drury blew it. Do better next time. All our favorite Rangers players are texting Trouba congratulations right now for sticking it to management and looking forward to seeing him in the locker room in a few months.

This ******* ridiculousness is actually going to make me start liking Trouba.

 

[bleedblue94]

I understand the situation with his wife. Not sure why I keep wording it the way I am by saying "move his family"

There just needs to be something we get in return here. I realize there's not but we want to move on from a player with a massive cap hit and we just can't do it. There's no way out even though we structured the contract to be able to move him this summer

There is, but you need another team to claim him and then have him not report so the contract is voided. It's not going to happen through. No team wants to be a part of this mess. That's why these kind of things usually don't become public and are behind closed doors. Everyone that kept blaming the nyr org for leaking the trade too early missed the boat when I said it came from Jake and Kurt. They tainted the market (legally) so no one would pursue this. They win. Not every player has already made 50 million and has a wife that's a doctor. Trouba could just walk from the contract if push comes to shove

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Except we literally need a 3rd pair Rd and the market is bare. Also this is what I was pushing about on the weekend when people kept saying the deal would go through on Monday after the NTC became active. I said all along if he was going to go a long with a deal on the NTC then that same deal could easily go through even on the nmc with his same consent. It didn't and there was a reason why. People shit on it Saturday when I shared info. Look where we are...

Im sure we will be able to fill that 3D spot with an extra 8 million in the bank.

 

[bleedblue94]

He should have taken $7.5M and asked for a full NMC if he really wanted to guarantee the timeline and give his wife a year of delay. Once they got up to the current contract, offer Gorton to reduce it to $7.5M in exchange for full NMC but he didn't.

He's going to get the same outcome and make the 8 instead of that 7.5. He wins regardless

 

[Barnaby]

Wouldn't that be grounds to terminate his contract?

So… a team is going to trade for his salary thinking he either may not show up or might be a malcontent? Sounds like a headache no one wants.

The Rangers gave him a 56 million dollar contract. He doesn’t have to bend over backwards to help them trade him, but he should abide by the contract terms respectfully.

 

[UnSandvich]

He should have taken $7.5M and asked for a full NMC if he really wanted to guarantee the timeline and give his wife a year of delay. Once they got up to the current contract, offer Gorton to reduce it to $7.5M in exchange for full NMC but he didn't.

There's no guarantee Gorton would've said yes to that though. I mean look how crippling Zibadejad's contract is

 

[SnowblindNYR]

If he comes back he will be wearing the C and the players will have his back.

Of course the players will have his back. They care more about their wives and significant others than the cup (as they should).

 

[bleedblue94]

Im sure we will be able to fill that 3D spot with an extra 8 million in the bank.

Who's trading a good nhl defenseman? I missed the memo.

Also what asset(s) are we trading for one now that everyone signed in free agency already. Our 2028 2nd rounder?

 

[Barnaby]

Trouba's wife didn't even go to med. school. She went to osteopathic school.

Wherever she went isn’t going to see her career earnings be over 70 million dollars.