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

[Tob]

Accept a trade to a nearby team like Buffalo. Tons of space, no playoffs. Serve his time, reunite with his wife. We'll take Sabres 2nd from them as a favor.

 

[Chaels Arms]

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

By the start of next season Overhardt will represent every player on the Rangers and Drury won't be able to trade anyone.

 

[savebyrichter94]

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

Wouldn’t he be required to report to Hartford though if he went unclaimed on waivers since he doesn’t have a NMC to block that from happening? In that scenario we don’t need another team we just need him to refuse assignment and the contract is voided

 

[Chaels Arms]

Accept a trade to a nearby team like Buffalo. Tons of space, no playoffs. Serve his time, reunite with his wife. We'll take Sabres 2nd from them as a favor.

Bro have you ever been to Buffalo?

At this rate it's more likely Trouba orders Drury to go to Buffalo to be the Sabres new equipment manager than it is he accepts a trade there.

 

[UnSandvich]

Honestly, if I'm Drury, I ask Trouba to come in for a face-to-face meeting with himself, Martin, the coaches, and possibly Trouba's agent. Hash things out the best you can. If he'll accept a trade, figure exactly to where. If not:

"If we cannot move you, what exactly can we do to help bring your level of play up to where it needs to be on the 3rd pairing this year? At present, we feel that is the place you can help the team best, largely due to your play last year. We feel Schneider has taken the steps to the point where he's now the 2RD"

If he says "Get me a shutdown D to help me keep the netfront clear", then you look for one of those. If he asks for help with a puckmover, you do that. If he says the D is getting worn-down because the forwards are flying the zone to early, then you have the coaches bear down on that. You don't bend over backwards for the guy, but if there's smaller things to do that could drive his play in a positive direction, it's at least worth a try.

 

[Tob]

Wouldn’t he be required to report to Hartford though if he went unclaimed on waivers since he doesn’t have a NMC to block that from happening? In that scenario we don’t need another team we just need him to refuse assignment and the contract is voided

lmfao imagine actually just f***ing sending your captain who is 100% a legit NHLer in his prime to the AHL just because. The PA would go to war over that

 

[savebyrichter94]

lmfao imagine actually just f***ing sending your captain who is 100% a legit NHLer in his prime to the AHL just because. The PA would go to war over that

I mean, f*** em lol

Not to mention it would only be because they played dirty in the first place by effectively creating a NMC out of thin air

 

[bleedblue94]

Wouldn’t he be required to report to Hartford though if he went unclaimed on waivers since he doesn’t have a NMC to block that from happening? In that scenario we don’t need another team we just need him to refuse assignment and the contract is voided

You want to waive your captain to send him to the ahl to force him to not report so you can terminate his contract bc he didn't want to leave his wife and infant son? Even if you leave the human world and look at it from the perspective of the business PR world no one would want that for their brand. NO ONE. This is different than Redden waived bc of his play and a situation where no one else would claim him or trade for him bc of his poor play. This is different...

 

[noncents]

Honestly, if I'm Drury, I ask Trouba to come in for a face-to-face meeting with himself, Martin, the coaches, and possibly Trouba's agent. Hash things out the best you can. If he'll accept a trade, figure exactly to where. If not:

"If we cannot move you, what exactly can we do to help bring your level of play up to where it needs to be on the 3rd pairing this year? At present, we feel that is the place you can help the team best, largely due to your play last year. We feel Schneider has taken the steps to the point where he's now the 2RD"

If he says "Get me a shutdown D to help me keep the netfront clear", then you look for one of those. If he asks for help with a puckmover, you do that. If he says the D is getting worn-down because the forwards are flying the zone to early, then you have the coaches bear down on that. You don't bend over backwards for the guy, but if there's smaller things to do that could drive his play in a positive direction, it's at least worth a try.

this is hilarious.

this whole situation is incredible.

 

[Hire Sather]

The players should absolutely have his back. They obviously don't think about the situation the way we do and they shouldn't

 

[Tob]

We have to be more careful in the future making sure the high end players we commit to have bimbo wives without careers or funny ideas.

 

[mike14]

lmfao imagine actually just f***ing sending your captain who is 100% a legit NHLer in his prime to the AHL just because. The PA would go to war over that

We did it with Redden and the war was somehow averted.
Granted he wasn't captain but both Boston and St Louis thought he was still NHL quality...

 

[savebyrichter94]

You want to waive your captain to send him to the ahl to force him to not report so you can terminate his contract bc he didn't want to leave his wife and infant son? Even if you leave the human world and look at it from the perspective of the business PR world no one would want that for their brand. NO ONE. This is different than Redden waived bc of his play and a situation where no one else would claim him or trade for him bc of his poor play. This is different...

I’m not saying I would definitely do it but I might especially if my hands were tied by some bullshit that ain’t my problem, why does the player get to push the team around?

 

[PuckLuck3043]

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

I think the real reason is they respect him as a player and leader. They see him playing hard and playing in the playoffs with a broken ankle and going to war with the guy.

 

[Matt Rentfree]

We have to be more careful in the future making sure the high end players we commit to have bimbo wives without careers or funny ideas.

... or fertile wombs.

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

 

[Tob]

... or fertile wombs.

im okay with that, birth rates are low, some things are bigger than hockey.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

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?

We are talking about a 3D, not Calle Makar. You don't think they can get that done?

They are not catering to him. They want to trade him but If teams won't trade for him it's a problem. Twitter is such a cesspool.

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

100% a legit NHLer in his prime

 

[hardnosed]

lmfao imagine actually just f***ing sending your captain who is 100% a legit NHLer in his prime to the AHL just because. The PA would go to war over that

Maybe a confrontation with the PA is necessary. They're pissed at the assignment to Hartford. We bring up that he made it impossible to trade him because of his antics, threatening to not report, etc. I'd love to see that play out.

 

[Chaels Arms]

It's kind of funny that our current GM is also one of our former captains who we overpaid and were forced to buy out and is now having problems with our current captain who we overpaid and now want to buy out. Time is a flat circle.

 

[Barnaby]

My larger point is that this is going to further encourage the worst of Rangers fans to inundate Trouba and his family with hate

Don’t be so soft.

He’ll be fine. If he sticks around, then maybe he gets some boos. 90% of the fanbase won’t have a clue or care after he throws his first big hit.

 

[B17 Apricots]

I'm not caught up on everything because I've been at work... but the NMC and the NTC are there for a reason. Obviously you get less protection with a NTC. I have no idea what's fact or fiction yet but if he's claiming he won't report to a team he's traded to or claimed on waivers off of isn't that text book breach of contract stuff? I can't imagine they'd let that fly. Him even saying that is kinda questionable in that regard

End of the day he negotiated a contract that made him one of the highest paid defenders in the league at that time. He hasn't performed anything like that. There's a replacement in-house and we need the cap space. If he performed anywhere near his contract they would've prioritized keeping him... sorry

 

[noncents]

Sure but I’m not talking about the players

My larger point is that this is going to further encourage the worst of Rangers fans to inundate Trouba and his family with hate

the worst of Rangers fans are Trouba's biggest fans

 

[Barnaby]

Not saying it has, it's more to counter that these actions are "new" when they have been occurring within this organization for the past 20 years and it's just as bad in other organizations. It's the nature of the hard salary cap and why it's terrible.

I’m sure the NFL players would gladly sign up for more trades in a hard cap world if you guaranteed everyone’s salary.