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Originally Posted by Robbob
I think the only way Trouba comes to Calgary is because there is a side deal to keep him in the NY area. Doing some googling the NYI and NYR have only made 3 trades. A couple back in 70's and one in 2010.
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If the NYR wanted to avoid sending Trouba to the same division, they would probably ask the Conroy what his intentions are. Conroy is free to do what he wants, but if he said that he was going to flip him to the Islanders or another close by team, the Rangers probably don't do it. If they asked and he didn't tell them, and then did it anyway, it would burn a bridge and damage that relationship.
Building and maintaining positive relationships is a big part of being a GM and I think there is a gentlemanly agreement among them to not do sneaky stuff like that and to be forthright.