Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part XIV (To trade or not to trade is the question)

[nyr2k2]

Dear f***ing god. No retention? For a depth D they may let walk in the summer and a pick. I would have traded him without retention for literally nothing.

 

[mike14]

So it appears that collectively we may have underestimated Trouba's value and/or overestimated the IQ of NHL GMs...

 

[NickyFotiu]

dude he sucks at hockey. it would not be a problem for us

Have you ever played against a dangerous player who was not a good player? It is not fun. It could be a health problem for us for reasons that do not count on a score sheet if we have to see him 6-12 times a year.

Drury was very smart to trade Trouba out of our conference. Well done Drury!

 

[Raspewtin]

guys any trade where they take on the full 8 million is an automatic A+ for Drury. it's not like it's a secret that Trouba has really struggled. other teams have eyes and scouts.

getting a good defenseman at a spot of serious need in addition though? f*** me that's great

 

[Hunter Gathers]

yes he is

He's good or he's a lefty

 

[rangers1314]

Pat Verbeek baby! Woooo!!!!

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

LOL I knew I would hear that response. Heard it with Zooks, JT Miller and others as well. I would not want Trouba hurting any of our guys no matter how bad some people feel he will play. Would you be okay if Chytil goes against him with his head down?

No idea what you're talking about. Both Zuuc and JT Miller were very useful and high quality players when we got rid of them. JT Miller was about to enter his prime. Not sure it's worth continuing if you can't see the difference between a broken down has-been and two very good offensive players.

 

[Kocur Dill]

Trouba has to go down as the most despised Rangers captain ever right?

So...thats Drury's motivation cuz im pretty sure he held the mantle last.

 

[mas0764]

Pick is a fourth rounder.

 

[ecemleafs]

If we were going to waive him and he was most likely getting picked off waivers, why would we have expected to retain or give draft picks to get rid of trouba?

 

[Trxjw]

Can't wait for the Drury hate brigade to spin this as a bad deal for us.

 

[McRanger92]

8 million in cap space out of thin air. Christmas comes early. Whose next?

 

[DanielBrassard]

Rangers just opened up 8M in cap space for next season which is even more important than this season. Sure it might all go to shesterkin, but still lol.

 

[Levitate]

cool

now watch him use that cap space to sign igor to a big dumb contract

 

[BleedBlueNYR]

No way the Ducks are taking full salary lol. Drury probably would've retained the entire thing.

 

[effen]

Trade board pissed their world view of OVERPAID VETS has no bearing on reality.

 

[OthmannOut]

Shaqoweapology.jpg

 

[QJL]

Wow what a deal. Can’t believe we moved him without retention. This opens up a true transformation of this roster at the deadline.

 

[RangerBoy]

Pat Verbeek baby! Woooo!!!!

I always liked Verbeek with the Rangers. It was only 1 1/2 years.

 

[duhmetreE]

Rangers just opened up 8M in cap space for next season which is even more important than this season. Sure it might all go to shesterkin, but still lol.

I trade him

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

*Drury magician meme*

 

[Kords]

Trouba gonna poison the Zegras well

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

someone get drury some head he deserves it

 

[MrAlmost]

Poor @Leonardo87 haha. He is going to watch trouba for the rest of his life.

 

[LORDE]

Hope we’re not retaining