It will be very interesting how this plays out from a contract negotiation place.
Trouba (like Hamilton) has not yet become a top pairing d-men. Both showed signs that might develop into a top defenseman.
It would appear that Chevaldayoff (and Sweeny perhaps) are/were not ready to pay them UFA top pairing money for 6 years.
What I would like to see is the Jets put forth what they what to pay this RFA with little or no leverage..... say 2.5M x2. Every day he misses of Training camp the offer drops by 100k.
Even though Trouba would be a Hamilton equivalent (maybe a bit better based on the last years performance) there is not a GM in the league that is going make him an offer him an offer sheet at Hamilton money. This is for 2 reasons.... no cap room for a 4/5 d-man AND giving up an unknown draft pick..... If the Flames had offer sheeted Hamilton and gave up their 2016 #1 ... it would have been a disaster...
ie 3 years of Tkachuk at 1M is a much better asset than Hamilton at 5.8
If Trouba wants to be traded to a place where he could play RD then sign the 2.5x 2 and the Jets would be able to trade him quite easily.
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