Confirmed Signing with Link: [NYR] Jacob Trouba signs with the Rangers (7 years, $8M AAV)

[Polar Bear]

So what do the Rangers do now? Theyre over the cap with Buch and Deangelo still to sign.

Smith likely being bought out and then someone like Nameistikov or Strome will be moved. Kreider a trade target, as well.

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

Fair deal considering what Myers got. Will be interesting if he can cement himself as a bonafide #1 all-situations D-man this year.

HF over value Trouba BIG TIME and I dont get why?

 

[lomiller1]

Is he really a #2?



Because nothing really supports that

He's a #1, and more towards the top end if #1 D-men then the low end.

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

He's a #1, and more towards the top end if #1 D-men then the low end.

Okay you believe that. There’s literally nothing to suggest that.

 

[John Price]

 

[AIexisLafreniereNYR]

Idk, I find him pretty overrated.

*gets traded to NYR*

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

I don't know that seems like a lot of money for a guy that presumably only wanted to play in NY. Add in the fact that the Rangers had to give up a 1st and Pionk just to get him, not sure this was even a good move in a vacuum, let alone when you consider the Rangers have a ton of deadweight still on their back end they need to unload.

 

[BB88]

That’s a lot of money for a second pairing defenseman.

In what year, not in this one, and really underselling him at only top4.

 

[BananaSquad]

50 points this season got him paid, but I think he continues to be a guy capable of doing that for the next several seasons. I like it for the Rangers

 

[Polar Bear]

He's a #1, and more towards the top end if #1 D-men then the low end.

I disagree as a Rangers fan. For me, he's a high end #2 D-man and he's worth the money, but he has the chance to become a 1D if he improves as he has every year.

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

*gets traded to NYR*

I'm not a Jets fan. I've found him overrated since his Winnipeg days.

 

[ToDavid]

Fine contract, straight through his best years. Maybe a little high but not really anything that's going to hurt the team much.

 

[Polar Bear]

Let me put it this way as well, does Trouba get a similar if not higher deal if he was a UFA? The answer is likely a resounding yes.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

No discount here .

 

[Platano King]

I feel like whatever highly coveted player gets traded to/signs with NYR automatically becomes “overrated”.

 

[John Price]

 

[Bedards Dad]

He's a #1, and more towards the top end if #1 D-men then the low end.

He is closer to a high end #2 than high end #1. That said I think this contract is good. Salaries are rising and 8M for a legit #1 is fine. He isnt a superstar and its being paid like one.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Very fair for both

 

[Leafs at Knight]

He's a #1, and more towards the top end if #1 D-men then the low end.

Lol he's not.

This is about 1mil more than I thought, but it's fair for both sides.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

In 2 years when average D sign for 9.5 per year this will look like a decent deal unless he falls off a cliff which is unlikely. People thought Kane signing for 10 m a year was bananas , seems pretty cheap now

 

[Rangerfan4life90]

I feel like whatever highly coveted player gets traded to/signs with NYR automatically becomes “overrated”.

Lol, this.

I always expected the money would be in the 7.5-8 mil range.

Good for a #1-#2 d-man and about to hit his prime.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Hedmans deal still looks pretty good.

 

[Polar Bear]

I believe we bought out 6 years of UFA, is that right?

 

[NinjaKick]

a top pairing Dman paid at market value while entering his prime years?
yeah this is a good deal, I think the Rangers are going to make a push for Lundqvist next season

 

[One Winged Angel]

Don’t let quantitative data get in the way of reason. Trouba doesn’t drive play well at all. What exactly makes him more than a 2nd pair guy?

Don’t let quantitive data that excludes context and is cherry picked for a certain argument* get in the way of reason.

What makes him more than a 2nd pairing guy? The fact that he excelled in all situations first pairing minutes and put up 50 points while doing so?

Is he worth 8 million? I don’t know, ask me in a few years when the cap goes up and lesser defenders get higher AAV’s.

He’ll come in and be the Rangers number one defender and he’s only 25 and they bought UFA years out. It is a little higher than I’d like? Yes. Do I understand why they did it? Yes. He’s probably making a million more than I’d like. Is that going to kill the Rangers if he continues to do what he did last year, which he has a chance to continue to do? Absolutely not.

Get over yourself.