Yes we are better having the Trouba of old without a doubt. But this Trouba who is seemingly pissed off at Drury and the franchise for trying to trade him accordingly with his NTC? I don’t know. I can see him causing issues and is being forced to waive him for nothing or buying him out.
Yes I see that happening. Which is a problem because both suck. Brod played hard and had 19pts in 57 games but we have too many guys that are played on the 1st line to the 4th line - (Brod, Vesey, Goodrow, etc). There needs to be more identity in the bottom lines. I do believe this will be fixed at the trade deadline but as it stands this is the team we are starting the season with
I think Trouba has more integrity than we think. I dont see him being toxic about the situation. I think things settle down and he knows that the Rangers need $$$$ after next year so will be more flexible. He will be 30 next year so he still has another good contract left and options to be a UFA again
do we have any direct quotes from Trouba on this? Werent you the one who posted that this is normal asking for the list when a player has a certain number on a non trade list contract? Its not like Trouba wasnt aware of the upcoming request.
Alec Martinez signed with the Hawks 1y 4mil. Would have been nice to get a guy like that on a 1 year deal to play the 6th dman role but there will always be rebuilding teams willing to spend alot on vets
Saw this regarding Colorado: Not sure there is a team in a worse cap situation than #Avs. It is hellacious. 11 forwards (with Landeskog and Nichushkin) 5 defensemen 2 goalies And they have... (checks notes) ... $300k in cap space. Legit not sure where they go from here.
Other 94 said that lol but I do agree, Trouba had to know this was a possibility and had to know it his entire contract as it was there. This was handled poorly by both sides. Trouba had to know it was a possibility and Drury could have handled it better. I believe I even said as much a few days ago.
Integrity is one thing, but having your boss make it sound like you’re a selfish prick that refuses to let us trade you is another. Not saying that’s what Drury did, but based on what’s happening online, especially on twitter, Trouba is going to be unwelcome here by many fans. That may force him out or force him to quit on the team.
Guys, come on now please. This GM is clearly over his head. He was a total disaster at the trade DL, added players who did just about nothing for the team. He has done nothing today to really improve the team. Can't we just be real. I love you and greatly respect you Al and Prod, I truly do and not being sarcastic or a jerk, but you guys need to see what the deal is here. You were on board at the trade DL Prod, Ruhwedel was a good add for his role you said. Now you are good with adding Smith to be our # 1 RW? Come on man, it just isn't good enough. There is no plan at all. We have to hold onto picks and cannot deal # 30 in round one at the trade DL, so we get crap. Now today he trades a 2nd rounder for Smith. It is inconsistent, and shows the guy has no plan. Drury panics into bad moves when he misses the boat on better guys. He totally mishandled the Trouba situation; I don't care how you spin it. This has to stop, and the guy has to go, he has very clearly shown to be in WAY over his head and has no plan at all. And before you say oh, he made the ECF twice as GM, that is not the goal, the goal is a Cup, not getting beaten down in the ECF twice. It has to stop with this guy. And BTW, there were numerous good signings today by teams, not Stamkos who we all said was not a good move at $8M per. March, DeBrusk, Bertuzzi, Duclair, Dillon and more. Enough is enough.
Oh I know, but those are the fans and it’s a lot of them. I can understand Trouba not wanting to leave NY, but that’s the name of the game. If you didn’t want to leave you should have negotiated a full NTC for the entirety. Also, as an athlete you’re making millions of dollars to play a game that many of us would give our left nut to do. Very tough to feel sorry for a guy being told he’s being traded to a team in his hometown even.
As for Trouba, Brooks has reported, as have others, he is not happy with the Rangers and has hurt feelings. We can choose to say they are all wrong and Trouba is fine, sure go for it, but common sense does say Trouba would not be happy that Drury is looking to push his Captain aside without much conversation. Per Larry Brooks: “If Trouba does not approve a trade to Detroit that is believed in place, he will ultimately be sent somewhere else, perhaps by waivers. The decision has been made.”
My question is has Trouba given his list and if not how is it that he still hasn’t given his list? When is it due by? Is it by midnight tonight? What happens if he doesn’t provide the list?
lol who gives a shit about Chad Ruhwedel. He cost nothing and in an ideal world would not have played a game. And he didn’t. Had we lost a dman, Lavi had options. Fact is, we don’t know what this team will look like come playoffs. Saving ammo and cap space leaves maximum flexibility while also bringing in a guy who appears to match, style wise. We will see how it goes. I would have liked to see more firepower, but other than Arviddson I’m not signing any of those right wing deals. Not going to get too worked up on July 1.
The trade for smith sucks ass. A 33 year old soft forward for 3.76 mill cap hit plus giving up a 5th and a 2nd?? WTF is drury doing? Dolan needs to step in and fire him immediately. Drury sucks at his job
We'll agree to disagree Prod. It is the principal on Ruhwedel, and it is the same as Smith, for some odd reason you are supporting these crap pointless moves. You were good with crap at the trade DL, now you are good with crap on July 1st, saving cap space and ammo for what exactly, not the trade DL or July 1st I guess. Once again, can someone please tell me what Drury's plan is? Won't deal # 30 at the DL, will deal all our 2nd round picks for crap, trade Goodrow for cap space, won't use it, put Chytil on LTIR for cap space, won't use it. I don't understand it at all, because I don't think he has a plan at all.
Yes, he has given his list, it was due at 12 PM today. Not sure which teams are on it, and maybe doesn't matter as Drury may have missed his chance.
This is not “agree to disagree”. It is bitch about a pointless move, or dont. Ruhwedel was barely worth mentioning on this board when he was acquired, but half of you lost your damn minds because his name wasn’t Guentzel. So I defended it. That move had zero effect on whether Drury went after a bigger trade or not. Zero. And here we are talking about it again because why? To prove a point? It has zero impact on anything. It is not emblematic of anything. Minor moves are made over the NHL on a daily basis. We will see what the team looks like in April.
