New York Rangers set to buyout star player's contract after disappointing season
As the New York Rangers navigate through difficult decisions this offseason, there has been lots of buzz around MSG that the Rangers should buyout their captain, Jacob Trouba.
With Trouba's 7-year, $8 million AAV contract it's starting to seem like problem, and with still two years left to go on his contract, the Rangers are unlikely to find a trade partner or to even receive a good enough return,
According to CapFriendly and their calculations, to buyout Trouba would result in a $4 million cap hit over each of the next two seasons, and then $2 million in each of the 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons.
Back in the 2018-19 season the Rangers didn't even hesitate signing Trouba to a seven-year, $56 million free agent deal after he had a 50-point season with the Winnipeg Jets. However, right after that his stats dropped by 50% in his first season in New York.
This pass season has been more of a disappointment, as he continued to have issues moving the puck out of his own zone, and also in preventing zone entries.
To make things worse Trouba has a 15-team no-trade clause this coming season, so even if they were to find a team somehow willing to take him on, it just might not work out.
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