Speculation: Jacob Trouba traded or waived?

[LPHabsFan]

One thing I will say to those claiming this will hurt Drury or the Rangers with UFA's, nothing the Golden Knights have done have stopped them from players signing with them so I doubt this will have any effect either.

 

[GAGLine]

He took less money for the security of an NTC.

What a laughably stupid post this is. You want to use a real life example? Your boss tells you that to avoid future downsizing, your salary will be $25k less per year in exchange for complete job security during the duration of your time there. You agree, and then 4 years later he says "pack your shit, f*** your family, go to Columbus f***in' Ohio".

I'm sorry dude but boo fricken hoo. This is professional sports, and he didn't get complete job security. He got an NMC for 4 years and then it changed to a limited NTC. That's the deal he negotiated. He has gotten to play for the Rangers for 5+ years while his wife was doing her thing. The Rangers have to do what's best for the team. If he doesn't like it, he should have negotiated a different contract or played better.

 

[BPD]

Why is it assumed that it's a trade or him being waived? It could be that he sucks and is being healthy scratched to send a message.

Because every insider on the planet is saying that there are multiple trades waiting on Trouba's OK and if he refuses them all, the Rangers are waiving him?

Ionno, just a hunch.

 

[Guy Larose]

Why is it assumed that it's a trade or him being waived? It could be that he sucks and is being healthy scratched to send a message.

It's a message board so start reading

 

[Gardner McKay]

He's exercising the rights in his contract. He made it pretty clear even when he was in Winnipeg that he only wanted NY. Not his fault the Rags can't keep a commitment

A contract is a two way street. Trouba isn't living up to it. Your irrational hatred for the Rangers does you no favors in trying to present a logical argument as to why the Rangers are somehow the bad guy in this situation.

 

[Legion34]

Wouldn’t Detroit be ideal for him?

Orrrr Buffalo. 1-2 hour flight.

Maybe he could go somewhere in the metro.
Then be close to NY all the time

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

He took less money for the security of an NTC.

What a laughably stupid post this is. You want to use a real life example? Your boss tells you that to avoid future downsizing, your salary will be $25k less per year in exchange for complete job security during the duration of your time there. You agree, and then 4 years later he says "pack your shit, f*** your family, go to Columbus f***in' Ohio".

LOL, what? How the hell can you say that he took less money for the security of a NTC? You have no f***ing idea what you're talking about.

Oh, and BTW, you missed this crucial point, numbnuts: HE DOESN'T HAVE A FULL NTC. He has a limited NTC right now and Trouba threatened not to report ANYWHERE, whether it was on his NTC or not.

 

[Baksfamous112]

This makes a lot of sense.

The cap is projected to skyrocket this summer. There are plenty of teams with ample cap space right now. There are likely some who look at Trouba's situation in NY and say to themselves...

"get him out of NY, get the C off of him, and he'll be a much better player. Maybe not $8m worth, but it's only $6m in actual cash, and it's not like we can go out this summer and sign a Trouba-equivalent for 1 year at $8m because we're not the world's most desirable destination right now".

From NY's perspective, you put Trouba in a position of getting to pick his destination vs. knowing that he's going to end up on the worst team amongst those interested -- or even worse, in Hartford.


That being said, I do, to an extent, feel bad for the guy. He negotiates this deal with an emphasis on having a full NMC until his wife's immovable residency is done... that residency gets delayed by a year due to COVID (as far as I recall)... now stuck in a posiiton of the wife having to give up her career, or split with a sub 1-year old baby.

It’s part of the business. He choose his destination nearing FA and now he’s being sent elsewhere because he doesn’t produce enough for his cap hit.

He’s a perfectly good stopgap for teams exiting their rebuild who need to shelter kids.

Nope.....he's bottom pair. Your comment screams of not seeing his play.

And there's no shame in being a bottom pair either....it is what it is.

He hasn’t been very good this but so has 90% of the NYR players. He’s still someone who can play top 4 and eat 20-22 minutes a night.

As I said, overpaid? Yes. Useless? No.

 

[MB3]

I'm sorry dude but boo fricken hoo. This is professional sports, and he didn't get complete job security. He got an NMC for 4 years and then it changed to a limited NTC. That's the deal he negotiated. He has gotten to play for the Rangers for 5+ years while his wife was doing her thing. The Rangers have to do what's best for the team. If he doesn't like it, he should have negotiated a different contract or played better.

I'm sorry dude but boo fricken hoo. This is professional sports, and they shouldn't have given him trade protection. He has a limited NTC. That's the deal he negotiated. The Rangers got 5+ years of his services. Trouba has to do what's best for himself and his family. If they don't like it, they shouldn't have provided him trade protection that he is now choosing to utilize.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

He's exercising the rights in his contract. He made it pretty clear even when he was in Winnipeg that he only wanted NY. Not his fault the Rags can't keep a commitment

He has a limited NTC. He doesn't have a full NTC. Believe me, we've wanted him gone back when he had a full NMC, but we knew that wasn't possible.

 

[seabass45]

I'm sorry dude but boo fricken hoo. This is professional sports, and he didn't get complete job security. He got an NMC for 4 years and then it changed to a limited NTC. That's the deal he negotiated. He has gotten to play for the Rangers for 5+ years while his wife was doing her thing. The Rangers have to do what's best for the team. If he doesn't like it, he should have negotiated a different contract or played better.

Wouldn't be surprised if players learn from this and demand more protection in the later years. Not necessarily going full NMC through the whole deal but make sure no waive clause is in there the whole time. I believe a handful of players have something like this.

 

[robertmac43]

Wasn't there some unrest when Goodrow was sent out on waivers? How will the room react to this move?

 

[TheDoldrums]

just one appealing team after another there

 

[bigdog16]

He's exercising the rights in his contract. He made it pretty clear even when he was in Winnipeg that he only wanted NY. Not his fault the Rags can't keep a commitment

Ok and the Rangers are exercising their rights by putting him on waivers if he blocks a trade. Not the Rags fault Trouba fell off a cliff.

 

[MB3]

LOL, what? How the hell can you say that he took less money for the security of a NTC? You have no f***ing idea what you're talking about.

Oh, and BTW, you missed this crucial point, numbnuts: HE DOESN'T HAVE A FULL NTC. He has a limited NTC right now and Trouba threatened not to report ANYWHERE, whether it was on his NTC or not.

If he's waived and claimed elsewhere and doesn't report, he doesn't get paid. That's just a breach of contract, and you let your lawyers fight that out.

The ire from Rangers fans that spam 900 messages on this forum daily is that he won't waive his NTC to be moved.

How can I say he took less money for the security of an NTC? Do you mean you think the Rangers offered him that like it was a stick of gum, and he would have signed the same contract without it? Or are you that dense to how these things work?

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Call up Hawks

To
Jacob Trouba (1 x $8M)
Rangers 2025 1st

To
T.J. Brodie (1 x $3.75M)

 

[GAGLine]

Wouldn't be surprised if players learn from this and demand more protection in the later years. Not necessarily going full NMC through the whole deal but make sure no waive clause is in there the whole time. I believe a handful of players have something like this.

The same exact thing happened to McDonagh when Tampa traded him to Nashville, and what changed? This is the way it works. They are all big boys and should understand that trades happen.

Trouba was overpaid from day 1. I don't feel any remorse now that he's being forced to move on.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Waive Lindgren and Vesey while your at it Drury

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

If he's waived and claimed elsewhere and doesn't report, he doesn't get paid. That's just a breach of contract, and you let your lawyers fight that out.

The ire from Rangers fans that spam 900 messages on this forum daily is that he won't waive his NTC to be moved.

How can I say he took less money for the security of an NTC? Do you mean you think the Rangers offered him that like it was a stick of gum, and he would have signed the same contract without it? Or are you that dense to how these things work?

Dude, you're talkng out of your ass. You have no idea what you're talking about, but you're pretending like you're the agent of Trouba.

 

[Takeahnase]

I'm saying that cone playoff time Trouba brings more value than Panarin does.

But I wouldn't expect someone with a Matthews pic to understand that

I must have missed Trouba being in the playoff game winning goals leaderboard last season. Was he first? Because Panarin was 2nd.

 

[JKG33]

Stick to playstation games

And you can stick to your tiktok highlights while the overpaid players dissappear every playoff

A contract is a two way street. Trouba isn't living up to it. Your irrational hatred for the Rangers does you no favors in trying to present a logical argument as to why the Rangers are somehow the bad guy in this situation.

Don't let your homerism get in the way. It's a shitbag way to treat a player.

There are plenty of players who aren't worth their cap hit. Also many who are worth more. That's the nature of a cap world

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Why is it assumed that it's a trade or him being waived? It could be that he sucks and is being healthy scratched to send a message.

Because literally every reporter is reporting he is being waived/traded?

 

[Canucks LB]

Pretty nasty business, but understandable as well

 

[CommaSynapse]

One thing I will say to those claiming this will hurt Drury or the Rangers with UFA's, nothing the Golden Knights have done have stopped them from players signing with them so I doubt this will have any effect either.

If you want to cut the country club atmosphere, let the players know there are consequences. Goodrow was a warning shot. Now there’s this.

The UFA route hasn’t done much for the Rangers in terms of results.

I liked Trouba. He was a pretty vocal part of turning around a down year and sending the Rangers on a run. Then he fell off a cliff this year, and a few guys are following that route.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

Funny to watch people try to convince themselves that Trouba is the bad guy here. On the ice, sure, he’s a shit head but he signed a contract the Rangers offered and now he’s the bad guy because he doesn’t want to bail them out? People overpay free agents every year because GMs are dumb and think past performance is a good indicator of future performance — why is Trouba any different? What am I missing, or is it just pissy Rangers fans upset that they made a bad decision, the team is trending in the wrong direction, and now the player won’t sacrifice his life for their happiness?

Just to be clear, I understand why the Rangers want him gone but seeing people attack the character of a dude for playing out his contract is wild to me. But then again, maybe I’m missing some context and I’m misinformed.