Ex-Rangers' Captain Jacob Trouba Reportedly Gave Up On Team Before The Trade
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Jacob Trouba was dealt to the Anaheim Ducks, for Urho Vaakanainen, and a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft. Before the trade went through it's been reported that the Captain was on the outs with the Rangers.
Veteran Defenseman Jacob Trouba was dealt swiftly to the Anaheim Ducks this past week. In return, the Rangers received a draft pick, and a defenseman to stock their coffers. However, as more news comes out regarding the trade we have learned new things.
One of them being, that Trouba had decided to give up on the club before GM Chris Drury decided to finalize the deal with the Ducks.
Spittin' Chiclets reported that news of Trouba being traded demoralized the Captain, and caused him to detach from the group.
Larry Brooks joined today's 'Spittin' Chiclets' podcast with the rest of the Rangers reporters and called him "detached" from the team, with all the trade talk.
Which is a human reaction to a team that no longer wants you, it's very understandable. But, also troubling how he failed to utilize his resilience, and spite to show the Rangers what they'd lose when they moved him.
Either way, he shut down trades to the Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, and Columbus Blue Jackets who were all interested in him. Instead, he opted to go to Anaheim and made his debut with the club on December 10th.
Apparently, in a mind-boggling fact, Trouba has all 7 Canadian franchises on his NTC. Which is how he got out of being moved to Montreal.
On the 32 Thoughts Podcast, Elliotte Friedman dropped a bomb on us all, as veteran Cam Fowler was a part of the move before the Rangers nixed that idea due to salary cap concerns.
Which is a human reaction to a team that no longer wants you, it's very understandable. But, also troubling how he failed to utilize his resilience, and spite to show the Rangers what they'd lose when they moved him.
Either way, he shut down trades to the Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, and Columbus Blue Jackets who were all interested in him. Instead, he opted to go to Anaheim and made his debut with the club on December 10th.
Apparently, in a mind-boggling fact, Trouba has all 7 Canadian franchises on his NTC. Which is how he got out of being moved to Montreal.
On the 32 Thoughts Podcast, Elliotte Friedman dropped a bomb on us all, as veteran Cam Fowler was a part of the move before the Rangers nixed that idea due to salary cap concerns.
"I heard that Anaheim wanted Fowler in this deal and I would have no doubt that Fowler wanted to be in this deal, I mean it's been out there he wants to be traded, he wants to play for a contender. Obviously at the end of the day they couldn't get it done and I think one of the reasons is New York wanted the flexibility for both this year and next, they have a ton of cap room this year and Fowler is at $6.5m next year, I don't think they wanted that."
- Elliotte Friedman
Cam Fowler is one veteran Ducks player who hasn't seen significant playoff time since 2017. Yet his $6.5 Million while doable for the Rangers, would press GM Chris Drury against the cap, despite a possibility of him turning things around for the blue line.
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DECEMBRE 11 | 702 ANSWERS Ex-Rangers' Captain Jacob Trouba Reportedly Gave Up On Team Before The Trade Do you think that defenseman Cam Fowler would have been a better return for the New York Rangers compared to defenseman Urho Vaakanainen? | ||
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