Speculation: Jacob Trouba traded or waived?

[Internazionale]

Grier should be all over this. Another Walman like trade in the making.

 

[Bishop7979]

If there are multiple teams interested in trouba there has to be one team that will take graves. Graves at least can be a serviceable defender on a different team, trouba is just done.

 

[red devil]

I would guess that Poulin is the source for Ottawa as he is a former TSN employee

 

[JKG33]

Schneider and Jones.

Fox has had easily his worst season. He’s only doing his job by virtue of that his level can’t drop that much because he’s just a great hockey player.

The bad thing is everyone on defense underperforms except the two young guys who play the least.

If damn near every D man on a team is underperforming, maybe coaching is the problem

 

[Trxjw]

I could be misremembering.. but didnt the Rangers waive Goodrow and then trade compensation to the Sharks for taking him? Maybe even a prearranged move?

I dont know if that happens here as well. But if it does; is that considered circumvention of the NTC? Would the league or NHLPA allow it to happen twice?

Nope. That definitely would have been a contract breach.

 

[Reality Czech]

Controversial in the sense that it's sort of a workaround to NTCs. Whole idea of NTCs is that you have some control over your destination if you get traded. If management can say "we're going to waive you if you don't accept a trade to one of these teams on your NTC list", then that defeats the purpose of the NTC list. Not much Trouba can do about it now, but it's something that players (and the union) will likely keep in mind for the future.

No it doesn't, that's the difference between an NTC and NMC. Some fans act like they're basically the same thing, but this is exactly the kind of situation that shows why an NTC isn't enough for some players.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Can't hate on the guy for using his NTC, gaming his NTC to his advantage, and wanting to stay in New York. That's what's in his contract and what he thinks is best for himself and his family. That being said, when you start hearing reports (from multiple people) that teams are shying away from trading for him because he doesn't want to leave and won't be happy I don't think it's too difficult to figure out who's putting that out there and for what reason.

Wouldn't even try to argue with anything you've written, and I understand the frustration that Ranger fans must have, seeing as he's not doing them any favors here. What I won't do, is blame him for prioritizing his family over the team.

 

[SpezDispenser]

Ottawa happily leaves the chat.

 

[doomscroll]

I could be misremembering.. but didnt the Rangers waive Goodrow and then trade compensation to the Sharks for taking him? Maybe even a prearranged move?

I dont know if that happens here as well. But if it does; is that considered circumvention of the NTC? Would the league and/or NHLPA allow it to happen twice?

There was no follow-up, San Jose claimed Goodrow and that was that. A lot of people thought there must have been something else brewing to make the Sharks claim him, but nothing happened.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Trouba is the least bad of the 3 and is being scapegoated when the real problem is the $20m in useless forwards

Panarin is not bad in the regular season.

Playoffs, sure, but I’d even say there that last year Trouba was more damaging in the playoffs. He was actively losing us goals. Panarin just wasn’t playing like more than an okay second line winger. Bad for what his cap hit is, but if you look at him as like a 5M guy it’s not like he was hurting us. Trouba legitimately hurts us.

 

[New Jerseys Devil]

Edit: Nevermind!

 

[SpezDispenser]

Blame Uncle Larry, but Garrioch already refuted it

Ahahaha, that's so cute.

 

[Lunatik]

I could be misremembering.. but didnt the Rangers waive Goodrow and then trade compensation to the Sharks for taking him? Maybe even a prearranged move?

I dont know if that happens here as well. But if it does; is that considered circumvention of the NTC? Would the league and/or NHLPA allow it to happen twice?

No, that was St. Louis sending Edmonton something extra for not matching.

The Rangers and Sharks haven't made a trade since 2022

 

[Captain97]

I wonder if he gets claimed only to get traded later.

I can't see him wanting to go to Montreal or Columbus or Utah for example.

I'm in the minorty I'd like to have him but not at 8 million.

I'd take him at 4 million though especially if we could send a little money back.

If that were the case he'd probably be willing to waive. Says he's willing to go to Dallas and a bad team eats 50% i doubt they would have this big of an issue.

 

[ViD]

Trouba is the least bad of the 3 and is being scapegoated when the real problem is the $20m in useless forwards

Are you referring to a guy who’s over PPG this season and scored 120 pts last season ?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Playing on a broken ankle. It has been brought up before in the offseason but not a lot of guys are playing through what Trouba was in the playoffs last year.

The thing is that he still sucks now. There’s no claim anymore that he still has an ankle problem. He’s just bad.

 

[SteelCityCannon]

I mean if there are teams actively interested in trading for him and the Rangers are threatening waivers, there's a decent change it's a Goodrow situation. So if Drury knows someone would take him off waivers, why eat 50% of his deal?

But that's just me speculating since Drury set the precedent for that already.

Hey power to you. If they can get value for Trouba go for it. Hope it's not my team but there's always one sucker out there.

(Already mentally preparing to be the sucker)

 

[New Jerseys Devil]

No, that was St. Louis sending Edmonton something extra for not matching.

The Rangers and Sharks haven't made a trade since 2022

Ahh okay, I got it all mixed up; my memory is terrible

Thanks for the help!

Nope. That definitely would have been a contract breach.

There was no follow-up, San Jose claimed Goodrow and that was that. A lot of people thought there must have been something else brewing to make the Sharks claim him, but nothing happened.

Got it confused with the Edmonton-St Louis debacle.. my bad!

 

[Pinkfloyd]

If Trouba gets waived, the Sharks will likely claim him so it's a matter of whether the Hawks or Predators would before them on the waiver order. I'd prefer to make a trade to get him so that we can move someone like Rutta in the process but I'm pretty certain they'd take him off waivers.

 

[Duffy13]

If damn near every D man on a team is underperforming, maybe coaching is the problem

No... as the Penguins have shown, the players are all wrong, it's never the Coach

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Ahahaha, that's so cute.

Yeah, well, when your GM is Chris "Little League Hero" Drury and your top beat writer is Larry "I was Popular at the Bus Stop" Brooks, you know you have a great atmosphere.

 

[TheNewEra]

Blame Uncle Larry for that rumor, but Garrioch already refuted it

garrioch refuting it concerns me more than brooks article haha

garrioch is normally wrong

 

[SpezDispenser]

Yeah, well, when your GM is Chris "Little League Hero" Drury and your top beat writer is Larry "I was Popular at the Bus Stop" Brooks, you know you have a great atmosphere.

Oh man, don't forget we had Bruce Garrioch and Pierre Dorion AND Eugene Melnyk for a long time here. I double down on knowing the feeling

 

[doomscroll]

garrioch refuting it concerns me more than brooks article haha

garrioch is normally wrong

A stoppable force meets a movable pbject

 

[JKG33]

Are you referring to a guy who’s over PPG this season and scored 120 pts last season ?

I'm referring to a guy that's done f*** all in the playoffs most of his career