Jacob Trouba just exposed the New York Rangers organization after they threatened him
Friday afternoon, Jacob Trouba was dealt in a trade to the Ducks in exchange for defenceman Urho Vaakanainen and a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.
Since then, the former captain revealed the Rangers organization threatened him to accept the trade or he would be placed on waivers, and possibly assigned to the Hartford Wolf Pack.
"It was a threat," Trouba told reporters in his introductory conference call with the Ducks. "It got to a point where I felt comfortable with Anaheim and that was the place I wanted to go. I guess you could say I'm thankful they made it happen.»
"It's a rite of passage to get fired at Madison Square Garden," joked Trouba. "I'm not blaming anybody or anything, but how it happened, I felt [it] was kind of an unfortunate ending to a lot of good times in New York."
The 30-year old defenseman was in his sixth season of a seven-year, $56 million contract with an annual cap hit of $8 million.
Trouba also had a full no-movement clause until the end of the 2023-24 campaign but it turned into a modified no-trade clause on July 1 where he could submit 15 teams that he could refuse.
"I'll be honest, I was put in a position this summer to make a decision between my career and my family, and I chose my family," said Trouba. "I would choose my family 100 times over again.
I don't feel bad about that. I didn't like that it was made public necessarily or how everything unfolded so publicly, but I guess that's part of New York and what happens."
The Rangers currently sit at four in the Metropolitan division with a 14-10-1 after they managed to pull off a victory against the Penguins on Friday night.
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