[Trade] Trouba to Ducks for Vaakanainen and 2025 4th round pick

[flambers]

Originally Posted by The Cobra

With a year left to go next year at $8M. Lots of luck with that.

That's what people were saying with the Rangers, bang he is moved without retention or with the Rangers adding anything

[Locke]

Why into the goddamned Pacific? Why??

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I know it's easy for me to say because it isn't my life or career, but I would be inclined to tell Drury to get lost and put me on waivers just out of principle.



I am serious. I make bad life decisions all the time, so it is something I would probably do.

Problem is that I do believe that if waived he'd have to report in order to get paid and playing in the AHL isn't always a picnic.

Although I do agree with others, this really seems like Anaheim throwing NYR a life jacket and I dont really understand why.

[Saqe]

I guess RHDs are at a premium. No risk really for Anaheim but the Rangers get off the hook pretty easily here.

[Andrew]

Radko and trouba is nasty i kind of like

[Blaster86]

Fantastic. In the division. On one had, the guy can't play NHL calibre defense. On the other hand, a lot of Pacific forwards about enter concussion protocol with no repercussions for it.

[flambers]

Rangers just cleared 8m in cap space, without moving a pick etc...

Really curious on their next move...

[Canada 02]

Trouba at $4M in a single retention transaction will have buyers.
At $2M in a double retention transaction, every playoff team in the league would want that

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by flambers

Rangers just cleared 8m in cap space, without moving a pick etc...

Really curious on their next move...

Can't be a big one, that cap is gonna be sucked into Shesterkins next contract

[flambers]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Can't be a big one, that cap is gonna be sucked into Shesterkins next contract

I think it can, watch them target a pending UFA or UFA's.

[Harry Lime]

I like it for the Rangers. They have the depth to weather the loss, and now they can be big players in the expiring contract market.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

Trouba at $4M in a single retention transaction will have buyers.
At $2M in a double retention transaction, every playoff team in the league would want that

Maybe at next years deadline...who wants to tie up a retention spot for 2 seasons and at what cost

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Creates a ton of flexibility for New York to go do something else though.

That's $8M that just opened up and I do wonder if they are hunting for a big acquisition now.

They have all their 1sts, pieces like Kakko, Chytil, Schneider, Miller as U-25 pieces that rebuilding teams might have interest in, and prospects like Perreault, Othmann, etc.



For Anaheim it's just Verbeek doing what he wants to do and adding more Truculence to the team and they have $19M of cap space so not like they have anything to worry about this season or next.

Gudas, Trouba, Johnston ... lots of dirt in Anaheim now.

NYR could upgrade from Smith at RW. And there's now a hole on D that the Duck guy they got ain't gonna fill.

[Ba'alzamon]

Have to think the Rangers make a play for Andersson now. Their blueline was already extremely bad outside Fox. Now I don't think they even have enough players to dress a full lineup (related: Vaakanainen is injured).

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

Brady may end up eventually forcing their hand (maybe he already is?). He's tired of being on a losing team, and Ottawa has made a number of significant mistakes in team building:

To ARZ: 1st, 2nd, 2nd
To OTT: Chychrun

One year later, they trade Chychrun for a 3rd and Jensen. Woof.

To CHI: 1st (7th overall), 2nd (39th overall), 3rd
To OTT: Debrincat

One year later, they trade Debrincat for a 1st, and 4th. Yikes.

That's just beyond stupidity.

Exhibit A in the pitfalls of rushing a rebuild.

Ottawa also hasn’t figured out what Jets management has: As a small-market Canadian team you gotta have a real good idea of how likely a player will be to stick around before move out assets to bring them in. Debrincat wasn’t happy about being in Ottawa from day one.

[D as in David]

Anaheim had high odds of getting Trouba for free if he had been waived.

[kyuss275]

How do big market teams always seem to wiggle their way out of cap hell? I get the ducks needing leadership but that’s a horrid $8 million contract . Not only did the rangers get huge cap relief they somehow recieved a 4th round pick doing so.

[RedHawk12]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

How do big market teams always seem to wiggle their way out of cap hell? I get the ducks needing leadership but that’s a horrid $8 million contract . Not only did the rangers get huge cap relief they somehow recieved a 4th round pick doing so.

Being a big market team is like playing NHL25 on easy mode. There are teams lining up to help.

[trackercowe]

^ Makes you wonder what the cost will be for the Oilers to rid themselves of Nurse... It might not be as much as we think, especially with the rising cap. Maybe they're not stuck with him?

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

^ Makes you wonder what the cost will be for the Oilers to rid themselves of Nurse... It might not be as much as we think, especially with the rising cap. Maybe they're not stuck with him?

Winning will make him attractive

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

Originally Posted by D as in David

Much farther away from his wife and baby, though.

Prob only for 6 months at most since academic year ends June 30. And Ducks are probably done mid-April so even shorter. Separation is obviously not ideal but they have the financial means to provide her support in the interim.