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Borgen basically is Trouba. A bit better with the puck on his stick. Soucys a horse sized Lindgren. Ig it’s not surprising that the team obsessed with Lindgren and Trouba went out and reacquired them
No, he's not "basically trouba"... this is a loaded and false statement... There were always significant flaws with Trouba, which was perpetuated by Jeff Gorton's obsession with him "for many years". This has been reported multiple times.
Let's first remember that Trouba was never actually an "offensive defenseman", but Gorton in his infinite wisdom (e.g. his obsession and his beer goggles) specifically brought here for "his offense".
He proceeded to have ONE good year with this "offensive talent", his THIRD season here where he put up 39 in 81... his first two years he was absolutely abysmal in terms of offensive production in both standard and avanced stats.
Four years and two coaches down the line, it's clear as day that that Jacob didn't actually have this "offense" that the previous GM was so inclined to believe that he had (not to mention the very reason he was brought here), after which he was converted by the new coaching staff (Gallant and co) to be a "defensive defenseman" (again, not why he was brought here, and not what he ever actually was -- moreso just an average dman on a very good Jets team, insulated by Josh Morrissey).
He was never a top pairing guy, but in true Rangers fashion, we paid him AND played him like one -- another instance of expecting a guy to do something he's never done before because #rangers...
It's the same story with Ryan Lindgren -- he was NEVER a top pair dman, and though there was a time that he was an acceptable compliment to fox, after the end of the 2023-24 season it was very clear that Lindgren was not a top pair guy and should not have been receiving top pair minutes, yet this team not only gave him a 1 year extension, but continued playing him over his head, and then when he regressed (e.g. Fox couldn't carry him anymore) his trade value was tanked.
AS OF TODAY Trouba is paid $8M, he is the 19th highest paid defenseman in the league... This contract was awared SIX YEARS AGO, which at the time was in the top-10 for highest paid defenseman (I do not have the exact number of signings for that year as cap wages doesn't go that far back)...
The key difference is WHY Borgen was brought here is not in the players, but in how each respective GM is handling it. Drury has shown to be very good at identifying players for specific roles -- much better than Gorton ever was...
The actual difference of Borgen vs Trouba is that the former was brought here to be a 2nd pair, right handed defenseman to play behind Adam Fox, with a price tag of $5M (prior to public knowledge of the cap increase amount) and is not expected to eat PP minutes and provide "offense", whereas the latter was seen as a "final piece" even though he never actually was.