Trouba a bit overrated I think. Oozes potential but thus far hasn't lived up to the hype in my opinion. Is he really worth what Chevy is asking? Obviously rival GM's don't think so. A young RH shot dman drafted where he was would be scooped up by now, no?
he is worth what they are asking... yes... but can anyone pay it?
the list of young lh shot dmen that qualify as being comparable... is extremely short. most of the guys that qualify are either untradeable themselves or still on cheap contracts.
cap space is almost non-existient on half the teams in the league... so even after you make a move for trouba, theres still a problem to sign him.
if trouba lowers his asking price on a contract from a new team he will definitely be dealt. in the meantime theres only a handful of teams that could afford to sign him to the monster contract and none of them have a young lh shot dman to put into the deal.
we are the closest with krug... and krug has a huge contract too so it would clear up enough cap space to sign trouba. so either we don't want to move krug, or we don't want trouba, or they don't want krug.
if anything... I think trouba is underrated based on a lot of the posts I see. I'm not sure he would immediately be a dominant top pairing guy but he is at least a passable one. he has alreay been getting first pair icetime at even strength with Winnipeg.
if I'm reading behind the lines of trouba... his concern is he isn't getting the big money offer from the team. the reason why... no offense numbers. on Winnipeg hes trapped behind byfuglin and myers when it comes to offensive zone starts and pp time. they are the favored children and both are long term contacts.
even if trouba were to sign a bridge deal in Winnipeg, he still doesn't believe he will get time on the pp there. he still thinks he will not be able to get the big contract on the new team.
when a guy is denied the chance to put up points... it costs him millions of dollars.
to me, this is a close example to boychuck here in boston. I think trouba and boychuk are similar types of players except trouba has more raw skill. when boychuk didn't get pp time, he couldn't produce points. once in NY he got some time on the pp and with the Tavares line and suddenly produced enough points to get himself a 6 million dollar contract
honestly id have a hard time going much higher than 6 mill for trouba at this point. I'm not sure Winnipeg has let other teams talk to trouba yet. probably not... but trading for him when you don't know his contract demands would be very risky.
if Winnipeg doesn't feel any need to hurry... then they probably aren't willing to let teams talk to trouba... and combind with no one having the lh shot dman that Winnipeg is supposedly looking for, this makes the whole deal difficult.
there is precedence in the past... teams that let players sit out an entire season to send a message. Winnipeg might need to do this as a warning to other rfa in the future. its a tough pill to swallow, but it might be prudent on their part to establish the precedence
