I don't get what the problem is. He has the clause and the choice. He doesn't even need a good reason why he doesn't want to go to a team that is on his list. You can be mad at the team because they signed the deal. But not at the player.

Players should always do what's best for themselves, even if it could be considered "selfish", because teams are always going to do what's best for themselves too. Look at how Vegas let Marchessault walk or how Tampa let Stamkos walk. This is a business and everyone should be looking out for themselves.

From all Detroit-fans, thank you Mr. Trouba

I agree he has the right to use the NTC the team signed. Wife in mind or not. I dont like the threat to not report if he is traded to a team not on the list. If NY has to honor their side you need to honor yours. That becomes selfish. Should have had a full NMC signed then.

Saying no to a team on the no trade list is cool. Saying I will not report to any team I am traded to on the other hand, if true is a whole other issue!

So many bad contracts for defensemen in the last 10 years. Trouba, Nurse, Jones, Faulk.

This reminds me of the Krug situation in St Louis. 😢

Detroit dodged a bullet. What else does Stevie have up his sleeve? This ain’t it.

not wanting to damage your wife’s career isn’t selfish at all, it takes so many years in med school and doing residency and bro doesn’t want to mess up her career she’s worked hard for.

For Detroit(and the other 14 team),it's his right. BUT... IF rumour are true and he refuse to go to the other 16 team,this should be ground of contract termination.

Breathing a sigh of relief, was not excited for trouba to Detroit

I 100% don't like Trouba as a player but the dude negotiated his contract with his wife and family as a primary concern. As much as i like to hate on him, not a single ounce of blame should fall on him and good for him for making his wife's career a priority too. He might be a shit head on the ice, but any player or man that puts his family first should not be faulted for it.

I don’t blame Trouba, but being traded is the danger you inherit by wearing the Rangers C lol

Dr. Randy Gregg. Loved hearing his name come up and recall announcers calling him Doctor Randy Gregg in game back in the day!

Jason Spezza threatened retirement so nobody would claim him off the leafs a few years ago, that's gotta be the most recent player refusing to report off waivers

This contract was never good Fans, trouba, rangers brass, media have handled this poorly Brass should’ve never signed the deal and can’t deal him to Detroit that’s trouba’s right Fans have been shitting on trouba’s wife and that’s awful Larry brooks for even bringing up her and her residency is just ridiculous Trouba should not be telling teams that the rangers can trade him he won’t report that’s just not how nhl transitions work and that is selfish imo bc if trouba has right to decline a trade to 15 teams Drury has a right to trade him to the other teams

Of all of the teams that would be on his no-trade list, I would not expect Detroit to be on that list because he is Michigan-born, so I understand why he wouldn't want to leave New York however, I figured Detroit would be the best case scenario.

No issue with him refusing to waive a NTC, that’s his right based on his contract. I guess refusing to report if traded is also his choice if he wants to get suspended and forfeit his salary. However, I also don’t have a ton of sympathy for him or his wife because people who make far less money (military families, spouses of people fighting wildfires, etc) deal with being apart for stretches of time due to their work without nearly as many resources to get through it. Even if it’s not ideal, I’m sure Trouba would be able to hire a nanny and make it work for a couple of years.

Totally agree with what you said. Many would do the same thing in this situation. Everything is a rumor until we either hear from Trouba or the team. Most fans are just never happy.

There's also a chance that these rumors came out and other players spoke up not wanting him to be traded either. It's one thing to not resign a guy like stammer, but to trade a captain with term left, that obviously has the support of his teammates or else he wouldnt of been named captain two years ago, could cause more issues in the room between management and players after the fact. Will be an interesting storyline over the summer.

Why anybody would trade for trouba without also getting a kings ransom in return from the rangers is beyond me

You omited the fact that Trouba is from Detroit . That is probably the rub here - the rangers where trying to make it more ammeniable to him , so he put Detroit on his no trade list . He has a lot of friends on the red wings

No matter what happens, I am definitely not biased against Trouba and the Rangers and hoping for more more more drama because that would be wrong. 🍿🍿🍿

I have respect for players who take their family's needs into consideration in how they conduct their hockey careers! It has to be tough on a family when the father travels a lot. It's part of the territory with being a professional hockey player but a couple can discuss it in advance and make decisions with that in mind.

I was just talking with my local fish vendor about the potential of a Trouba trade to the Wings. Great timing.

Unless the Rangers were retaining a bunch of salary, detroit dodged a bullet.. 8 mil is way too much for Trouba

The Oilers will trade a Dman for him...

You make good videos. Keep it up

Awesome that Yzerman gave Walman (and a pick) to the Sharks for nothing to clear cap space in anticipation of this move....

It's in his contract! The NYR have to honor it.

Trouba signed this contract before Covid and before his wife got pregnant. Both of those things could have caused the delay in her residency finishing and who could have known about the impending global pandemic then. Part of why we got him in the first place was because he wanted to move to the states in part so his wife could do this. Where better than NYC could she have done it? It has some of the best medical centers in the world. We probably got a better deal from Winnipeg than we should have because of NYC being a draw and he used his leverage to get here. I don’t blame him for trying to use his leverage now to stay. The only way I’d blame him is if he refuses to go to the other 16 teams. The same way you couldn’t have predicted Covid is the same reason you have to go if a trade happens. Life is full of unexpected things. 6-9 months of long distance where half your games were already going to be on the road anyway is not the end of the world in an 80ish year life span. The only other way I can see this being palatable for both parties with him staying is for him to “not recover well” from the broken ankle he was supposedly playing on at the end of the year and go on LTIR. Rangers get the cap space they are desperate for and he doesn’t have to leave for a year.

I'd LOVE to have Truba on my team but not for anywhere near that salary

As a Ranger fan, I disliked Trouba before it was cool.

Trouba could go to the Islanders or Devils without having to uproot his family

I’m not a Rangers fan, far from it, but if he’s saying he’d refuse to report if he were traded to a team not on his list then he should take a massive pay cut or have his contract voided if I’m the Rangers brass. You wanna force our hand? We’ll force yours and save money in the process cause that was the whole reason they’re trying to move him is to get his albatross of a deal off their books and clear up 5 mil in cap space so it’d be fair for him to take 3 mil for this year after they void his contract. I understand his reasons but this is a business. I hope it doesn’t happen that way cause I want New York to be as bad as possible cause we play them often but that would be the most fair outcome to New York if he’s kaiboshing every potential deal.

If this was Yzerman's big move post Walman trade then more conversations need to be had about his vision for the Red Wings and whether that is conducive to winning.

Players need to negotiate for themselves like this more often. Good for Trouba and good for the worker.

There is the other issue though that has been rumored, which is if Trouba actually says I will not report to a team you trade me to, the Rangers will waive him and have him in the minors to begin the season which I feel like if it comes to that we enter the potential of them exercising a contract termination but we shall see.

As a Wings Fan, I'm good that he doesn't want to come to us. We don't need, or want anyone who doesn't want to be here. Let's play the Talented youngsters that we would've had to give up in order to get him here. We'll be fine. We've improved every year of the Yzerplan, and I think with a few Teams taking a step back, that we will be a Playoff Team this upcoming season. Yzerman wanted to build from within anyway, so let's see what we have.

I have zero issue with him enforcing his no trade clause. Although it is a little ridiculous trying to stop any trade if he has a limited no trade clause. In all honesty depending on what teams are on his list, he would be better off accepting a trade to a team like Detroit where number 1 they wanted him & number 2 is geographically not that far from NY. As someone who works in a hospital and is familiar with what exactly is involved in a residency program you really don't have much time for a personal life. So I can understand him wanting to maximize the time he does have with his wife. Although there is a giant flaw in that logic when it comes to blocking a trade. First if they trade him to a west coast team it becomes way harder to spend time with each other on either person's off day. Second this is the offseason for the NHL, and depending on what type of Residency she is involved in it should come to end around the end of the next regular season to start of the Finals. So really your only talking about 6-7 months not a full year of managing how you spend time together. Third once the regular season starts his time is dictated by the NHL schedule. I am sure her residency program is not going to bend over backwards to accommodate & coordinate with his playing schedule so control over that isn't going to change regardless of the team he is on. Fourth this relates directly to Detroit their ownership is dedicated to taking care of their players, so I would hope he would have at least been receptive to hearing what they have to say. He might be surprised to find how the ownership has deep ties & relationships with the medical community. Plus Michigan has more top 500 hospitals than NY .

At least the Rangers are trying to move on from Trouba. LGR!!!

Another point to bring up is whether or not he has the Isles and Devils on that NMC. He would have a bit of a longer commute but wouldn't have to move. That is regardless of whether either team would actually trade for him.

The way I'm seeing this is when the player is playing well fan bases get into an uproar if they don't get resigned, but the moment they start to decline any sense of "loyalty" shifts away from the team needing to be loyal to the player to the player needing to be loyal to the franchise. "Loyalty" in that respect goes both ways. You can't expect that when it disproportionately benefits one party more than another.

Ask Dadonov, that was almost as good as Anaheim’s tweet of “are you sure” 😂😂

For whatever it is or what happens, Trouba won’t be a Ranger before next season start.

Trouba, so far, has outsmarted everyone. He got his money. He has his clause. On that note...would anyone be upset if they were trying to get rid of some of the offensive players who didnt show up to the postseason. Trouba was not the worst by a long shot.

That was a common sense evaluation of the situation Shannon.

you had me til Randy Greg turned around the canucks 🤣

I don't think he gets traded.

Ok so let's say he doesn't leave. They waive him, nobody picks him up. Can the Rangers put him on LTIR for the entire season and gain his 8mill?

As a Jets fan, I know how you feel.

Truba does not suck aggressive player rangers need more of him.

Ive no issues with him using his mntc thats his right and he seems to be doing it for a more than fair reason BUT! If hes threatening not to report that should be grounds for dismisal not buy out as its him not standing by the contract

Regardless of what comes out, that locker-room will be wondering who's next. (Same with Tampa.)

A man doing what he believes is best for his family is always commendable and I don’t blame him for not wanting to move. Sounds like he and his wife are in full agreement and that’s a great thing to see, they are working as one as they should. I also understand the team is a business and will weigh risks and do what they need to in order to go in a direction they believe will be successful for them. Nothing wrong with either team or player doing what’s best for them. It won’t always be pretty, but that’s just life sometimes.

Is that a picture of Gary Betteman behind you?..Lol

Drury was not able to move Trouba's contract and Rangers most likely miss out on Stamkos or Marsessault..

Great take bro. i sincerely appreciate the detailed information and un-opinionated breakdown.

Will be funny when his own team boos him 😂 also, they can simply not play him...how bad will Detroit look then Jacob? 🤔

Seeing the way fellow fans are tearing into him and his wife is wild. Be frustrated that they can move him, but making it a personal attack on him is classless.

So anyone can just say nah I'm not going to play for anyone and never have to worry about a NTC?

I think you should have to have your no trade list posted at all times so this kinda stuff can’t happen where players know the trades ahead of time to then add that team to their list when they might not have been on it before.

Spezza did the same thing a couple of years ago with the Leafs when they put him on waivers. Said he would retire if claimed.

See, I hadn’t heard that Detroit was on his no move list, I heard he said he wouldn’t report even though they were eligible for him to be traded to them.

I think they will make doing buy outs easier in the next CBA. More similar to MLB where you can stretch it out further

NYR dug themselves a hole with Trouba, and to make it worse, not 1 of the big-time free agents decided to sign here. It's about to be another disappointing season.

As a Red Wings fan I am happy with this. I also feel player's contract clauses should be honoured.

Larry Brooks pretty much stirred this entire story. My disrespect towards him is through the roof. Am I displeased with Trouba, yes. Do I want him out of town, kinda. Does he deserve the intense vitriol he’s getting online primarily from Ranger fans? Absolutely not.

Yep. Negotiations are between two parties.

There really needs to be some sort of performance clause.

You’re telling me a doctor actually played in the NHL?…. Was his first name Doctor?…:

Huh. Never thought I'd be on Trouba's side on anything. But here I am.

I feel this will be a popular trend with players moving forward. We just saw a few days ago, Stamkos.. a few years ago there were rumors he may never play again. Fast forward 3 years and he signs a 4 yr. 8 AAV deal w/Nashville. He’s 34 years old, going to a new team. If he doesn’t develop chemistry and put up at least 70 pts per season with Nashville, we will be hearing rumors about how the Preds are looking to trade him. Unfortunately, that’s how it’s become. Teams throwing money at whoever during free agency to “make a statement” when that statement bites you in the butt only a few years later. I know Trouba was traded to the NYR but they didn’t have to give him 8 mill. Don’t point fingers at Trouba or his wife. I’d love to see him go home and play for the Wings but he’s looking out for his best interest. Happy Wife Happy Life.

Trouba was never worth this contact...

As a wings fan glad he didn’t get moved to us would’ve been a bad move, but totally agree with the player they offered that contract and he signed the team needs to figure it out not the player

Exactly if a team gives you that power to control your destiny then you control your destiny .

It seems like over half of the contracts in the league that come as signings or re-signings of players that were last linked with entry level contracts, most of these contracts are tied with no movement clauses which is BS at this point. The 15 team no trade list should be more rare than it currently is, yeah we get it you’re willing to be traded to another team in playoff contention and unwilling to be traded to a team that’s not contending for the playoffs (all no trade lists are pretty much the exact same list for every player that has it.) These no trade lists need to be seldomly given out to players upon the initial contact that’s been given, it just seems like an overreaching incentive/bonus just to get a player to sign with a team.

Truba should have put a full NMC in his contract then.

"I've seen some articles that make it sound like he's being really selfish here". Gee, I wonder who could be behind those...

did they say who they were trying to get from Detroit?

While an in-division trade isn't great, at least NYI, NJD, and even PHI are pretty local... (Compared to anything else)

Wow THG is able to make even Trouba look reasonable and likeable. It's almost like teams shouldn't sign rediculous contracts that they'll regret. A timely theme considering it's July 1st.

As a Ranger fan if we get assets back for Trouba that’s a W. He will be moved next season or this would have happen already and I don’t see him moving at the deadline

I dont understand fans taking issue with players having NTC. They’re human beings at the end of the day with lives outside of hockey

as far as "do I think Trouba gets traded, I don't subscribe to speculation. I'll answer when the season starts

I didn't realize you could just... not show up

Really do not know why everyone wants to trade for him when he clearly does not want to come here

As a wings fan, kinda glad he denied the trade. Good for the player. I also didn’t want his cap hit

I think if it's just about staying in the New York area, he'd probably be fine with moving to the Isles or the Devils (maybe he'd be fine with as far as Boston, Buffalo, Philly or somewhere like that) so I'd expect to see links to one of them coming out in the next couple days if the Rangers are desperate to move him. In other news, as a Wings fan, thank you for declining Trouba, we don't have space for that cap hit.

Unless the Wings sign Raymond and Seider to cheap deals and unload Holl in the Truba acquisition; Truba doesn't fit in the Wings salary cap status.

The only time I get mad at players about no trade clauses is when they demand a trade. I think if the player demands a trade, it should void all clauses.

Too many players have no movement clauses

as a Wings fan, i'm glad he blocked it. unless he was coming with a pretty decent sweetener...

I don't blame him detroit is a terrible place

I don't have much of a dog in this fight as I don't watch the Rangers a ton. But I did watch these playoffs almost every Ranger game as my team missed the postseason, and Trouba was extremely bad. Constantly out of position, and took awful penalties. He stood out most games for how bad he was.

Cool. As a Wings fan, if he doesn’t want to be here, he can stay away.

New york shouldnt have discussed the trade until july 1 when troubas no move became a modified. The rumors of the trade came out, giving trouba time to put detroit on the list to nix it. Gaurenteed had the trade been discussed after trouba submitted his list, detroit would not have been on the list. Rangers jumped the gun.

If Trouba had a fractured ankle in the beginning of the 23-2024 season, why didn't the Rangers shelve him? Chris Drury has his work cut out for him and the best bet is for Chris to bring Othman, Edstrom and Zach Jones up and see if they gel.

Here’s my general read. Goodrow got kicked to the curb. And Trouba being the captain the rangers didn’t want to do that so I bet they approached him with the idea of finding the best fit out of the 15 teams they could trade him to and work something out It then leaks that he doesn’t want to be traded at all and possibly wouldn’t report ect so his sketchy value that he had on the market plummeted even more They should have worked out some trades in advance and THEN asked for his 15 teams and accept anything instead of trying to play nice. My 2 cents

Just to clarify Shannon, his wife can’t leave her hospital, and she didn’t likely have her residency get extended she probably got into a fellowship program in nyc. In the US, residency contracts are binding and you get blacklisted completely from even applying to programs if you reneg on a contract you signed.