Confirmed Trade: [NYR/WPG] Jacob Trouba for Neal Pionk and 2019 1st (20 OV)

[RationalExpectations]

This is exactly what I was thinking. Trouba's name is worth more value then the Jets got back to be sure, but he's not some dominant 1st pairing D-man. He always seemed like more of a 2nd pairing level to me, Morrissey definitely carried that pairing for sure imo at least.

Always hard to see who carries who, I agree Morrissey is more likely the better one of the two, but still, that is a bad return even for a top 4 RHD. I believe all GMs knew very well Trouba had no more business in WPG and they did not want to help WPG with that !

 

[Seanaconda]

I wonder if the Jets needed their first round pick back to make an offer sheet? They might be going big game hunting!

Nah offersheets this year would be for 2020 draft picks and beyond .

 

[IslesNorway]

Even if he only had a couple of teams on his list, that doesn't mean they have to trade him there. It's in a year he can make all the decisions himself, but I'm 100% they would have got at least the same return at the deadline.

 

[Hostile Offer]

I wonder if the Jets needed their first round pick back to make an offer sheet? They might be going big game hunting!

They're going to make an offer sheet last year?

 

[Legion34]

So they got their own first back?

Jets fans kept saying they will get a better C then Kadri....

I guess that was 20 games of Hayes.... who literally stopped the puck from going in during the blues games.....

Every year we keep learning we have no idea the price of players. Yet everyone is so sure.

I wonder if the @identity guy will allow us to talk about trouba being traded now.

Or maybe if people don’t read the articles they can just say that it didn’t happen and we made it up

 

[JetsFan815]

Must be nice to be a Rangers fan and be able to sign almost every UFA and College UFA you want and sign traded players to long term deals.

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

I wonder if the Jets needed their first round pick back to make an offer sheet? They might be going big game hunting!

no, #20 is just a good pick and the draft is deep, they will get a very nice prospect.

 

[go4hockey]

Hope the Rangers at least took the Jets to dinner before screwing them like this. Nice move for the NYR.

 

[Bond]

Was Trouba an RFA or UFA next year? I almost think the Jets could have done better at the deadline

 

[Seanaconda]

Was Trouba an RFA or UFA next year? I almost think the Jets could have done better at the deadline

He's rfa right now but next year / arbitration brings him to ufa.

I agree they could have done as well or better at the deadline

 

[Rabid Ranger]

It's been pretty obvious to me and I think most people that there was a cap crunch. I don't really understand the people saying "we should have kept him for another year" considering that the feasibility of this option is not clear and in my opinion unlikely without giving up someone even more desirable.

Maybe because they are a supposed contender? Maybe not though (man, that window closed quickly).

 

[LGB51]

I don't know maybe it's just me here, sure it stings they didn't get a better return for him but having what appeared to be a huge prima donna off the team might do a whole lot for morale.

 

[zar]

Nah offersheets this year would be for 2020 draft picks and beyond .

Good point... brain fart.

They're going to make an offer sheet last year?

^^^ is your name Richard by chance?

 

[Bounces R Way]

According to Friedman, teams DID come up with better offers. Chevy just had a stiffy for getting a 1st round pick back. Most of the rest of the packages were probably a better secondary piece than Pionk, but not a 1st round pick.

Hadn't seen that. Getting the 1st back is alright I guess but I'm not big on this draft past the first 15. There's quite a few secondary pieces even on the Rangers that would of made this deal more palatable for Jets fans.

 

[Shootertooter]

Holy S....I didn't expect this. The Rangers seem to have done pretty well for themselves here. No Andersson, No, Lindqvist, no Buchnevich.........The 20 OA is the cost of doing business and Pionk is a serviceable 3rd pair guy.

 

[mercury]

And now you might get another one for discussing infractions....might want to edit.

They deleted for me.

 

[yzerman]

Great trade Really Love having Trouba on the Rangers

 

[mercury]

You're right that they were out to lunch about value, but to be fair team boards are safe spaces.

Maybe it is because I am a Flyers fan, but I have never felt that. Nor do I really want it. I enjoy policing the goofier members of my own fanbase, and I despise homers.

 

[yzerman]

Hope the Rangers at least took the Jets to dinner before screwing them like this. Nice move for the NYR.

The dinner was the soup and no more!

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Yeah shocking that the're totally absent here?

6OA plus Hronek lololol

 

[FinnLightning26]

JBB couldn't offer more than that? I wan't SY back

 

[Dog]

If Jets trade Ehler are they getting garbage+1st round?

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

RFA's have no rights in the CBA to demand where they want to go. NHL needs some way to stop this from happening. I don't know how, but maybe add extra years to their RFA status or something.

There’s no indication Trouba demanded where he was going to go. Friedman said Winnipeg didn’t give any of the team trying to trade for him permission to speak to him and his agent.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Wouldn't it be funny if this trade backfired on Rangers LOL

Scenario: Pionk becomes a key defensive piece for the Jets,
Jets picks someone like Brett Leason 20th overall, he then becomes the next Blake Wheeler,
while Rangers give ridiculous contract to Trouba and he digresses after a serious injury or something.

 

[kabidjan18]

Maybe because they are a supposed contender? Maybe not though (man, that window closed quickly).

Whether or not they were or are a contender, a cap crunch is a cap crunch. Contenders don't get more cap space, the cap is the same for everyone.