Things take an unexpected turn regarding Jacob Trouba's trade to the Red Wings

«I'm going to admit this: I'm not sure what is going on here,» Friedman said. «I have people saying to me it was very real. The Rangers were trying to push it along and they thought if they could work out something with Detroit Trouba would be willing to go there.

«Then I had some people tell me on Saturday that it's not close, ‘You guys are getting way ahead of yourselves and this is far, far more of a challenge than you think it's going to be.'»

«The one thing I am reasonably certain of is that this whole situation that's developed over the last week or two has been hard on Trouba. If you go back to when he left Winnipeg, both the Jets and the player were ready for a divorce. It was time for both to move on, and they did.

«In this particular case, the Rangers may have decided, for cap reasons, that they have to do this, but that doesn't mean that Trouba is ready for this.»

«What one other agent told me was, when Trouba submits his (no-trade) list, will he make it strategic?» Friedman reported. «Will he make it strategic so that places the Rangers might actually be able to trade him to would be blocked?

«There's a lot here and one of the things Trouba has struggled with is the idea that the Rangers might want to move on from him.»

«As the expected Jacob Trouba trade to Detroit remains on hold, it would be kind of ironic if sending (Trouba) to the Red Wings would have an influence on Patrick Kane,» Brooks wrote on June 29. «The Post has learned that Kane was still in talks Saturday with Detroit GM Steve Yzerman regarding an extension.»