Jacob Trouba: The Rangers core are on their last attempt for the 2024-25 season
With the beginning of the 2024-2025 NHL season on us, Jacob Trouba made a solemn statement for us to think about.
He feels that this season will be the end of this core group in New York, and they have one last shot at a deep run.
This core has proven itself capable of making a run to the Conference Finals, which it's done the last two seasons.
With Trouba exercising his no-trade clause during the offseason, gave his 15-team no-trade list. But despite efforts to move him, nothing would happen and he'd draw ire from the Rangers faithful.
While Trouba has two years left on his deal, so does fellow Ranger Artemi Panarin and Braden Schneider.
There's a multitude of core players who have contracts expiring at the end of the season, and if they leave could reshape the Rangers with their exit.
With a salary cap, the Rangers won't be able to keep everyone listed here, and with others due raises, like Miller, Shesterkin, and Lafreniere it won't be affordable to keep everyone around.
Trouba and others will need new deals soon which could spell the end of this iteration of the Rangers as we know it.
The Rangers could make it deep to the Conference Finals yet again, but they need more of a push to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals.
It'd be terrible if this Rangers team can't finish the job in 2025, but Trouba's statement, it's an indication they will need to give all of their effort to lift Lord Stanley's Cup, not an easy feat by any means.
Source: NHL TRADE Rumors
Trouba Thinks This Is The Last Crack For Rangers' Core
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