NHL players demand this rule to be changed within the league following Jacob Trouba's trade drama
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The New York Rangers could very well face some further repercussions from the National Hockey League for the way they handled the trade situation with their former captain Jacob Trouba.
Ever since the offseason the Rangers have been trying to move Jacob Trouba but due to his no-tread clause Rangers General Manager threatened to place the veteran defenseman on waivers if he did not accept a trade.
According NHL insider Elliotte Friedman several players from around the league are not happy with what was transpired and feel like a rule change should be implemented to prevent this act in the future:
«Some of the agents said they had more contact with their players than they've had on most other topics than they've had on this one,» Stated Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet «One of the things people have been talking about is that players feel very strongly that maybe there should be a streamlining of the protection process. The Rangers by the letter of the law did nothing wrong. Jacob Trouba had a no-trade protection to some teams, but did not have no-move protection, so he should go on waivers.»
Friedman then continued to state that this situation could very well be a conversation in the upcoming CBA negotiations:
«What bothered the players I think to a large degree was if you can't be traded to certain teams, why should you be allowed to go to those teams on waivers. I think that they are going to ask the players association to do is have a conversation in the upcoming CBA negotiations that maybe there should be just one form of protection.»
Jacob Trouba didn't hold back and confirmed that the Rangers did in fact threatened him with waivers and even made his feelings known towards Chris Drury for how he handled things.
However, Chris Drury defended himself and the way he handled the situation with Trouba, along with his decision to waiver Barclay Goodrow over the summer, which clearly caused some discomfort within the Rangers locker room.
«It's my job, and 31 other GMs' jobs, to try and do everything we can to help our team, there's things at our disposal in the CBA. I'm not trying to mess with players. I have a ton of respect for Barclay and certainly, as I've said already, for Jacob. I'm just trying to do the best I can to move the team forward and make changes that I think are necessary.»
Definitely interesting to see if any changes will occur at the next CBA.
Previously on NYRangersInsider
| POLL | ||
DECEMBRE 10 | 805 ANSWERS NHL players demand this rule to be changed within the league following Jacob Trouba's trade drama Do you think Chris Drury handled this situation with Jacob Trouba poorly? | ||
| Yes | 558 | 69.3 % |
| No | 247 | 30.7 % |
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