{"id":445809,"date":"2024-07-19T14:14:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=445809"},"modified":"2024-07-19T14:14:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:14:04","slug":"nhl-rumours-new-york-rangers-defencman-status-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/19\/nhl-rumours-new-york-rangers-defencman-status-update\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: New York Rangers Defencman Status Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another round of NHL rumours. We&#8217;re in the middle of the off-season, but we still have plenty to discuss. General managers are still trying to figure on how to maximize their salary cap space and fine-tune their rosters. Not much has happened after the initial free agent frenzy. However, there&#8217;s always plenty going on in the hot stove. One team that&#8217;s trying to back to the Stanley Cup Final is the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/15\/new-york-rangers-sign-former-second-round-pick-one-year-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers.<\/a> This edition of NHL rumours look at the status of one of their key defencemen.<\/p>\n<p>All NHL Rumours come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h2>NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>New York Rangers Defender Future Update<\/h3>\n<p><em>Rumour: Arthur Staple of The Athletic gave an <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5639607\/2024\/07\/16\/rangers-jacob-trouba-kaapo-kakko-trade\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">update on the status<\/a> of Rangers captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/troubja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-19_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob Trouba<\/a>. The defenceman has been a subject of trade rumours.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As mentioned in here, Ryan Lindgren&#39;s arbitration hearing is scheduled for Aug. 2. Those hearings usually act as a deadline to get a contract done.<a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wge6GBuebZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/wge6GBuebZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arthur Staple (@StapeAthletic) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StapeAthletic\/status\/1813270282896855393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Analysis:<\/em> Trouba has a sizeable cap of $8 million that the Rangers and General Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/drurych01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-19_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Drury<\/a> were trying to move. However, the 30-year-old has a modified no-trade clause of 15 teams. New York was trying to see if there were any takers on getting his salary off the books.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of teams such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/11\/red-wings-pick-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/13\/nhl-sweaters-best-and-worst-of-the-buffalo-sabres\/\" target=\"_self\"> Buffalo Sabres<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/04\/should-red-wings-trade-for-trouba\/\" target=\"_self\"> have been bandied about<\/a> as a possible landing spots. However, nothing much has come of this. There were some thinking that Trouba was going off to the Red Wings, but that move did not materialize.<\/p>\n<h4>Stumbling Blocks<\/h4>\n<p>Trouba is well within his right to veto a trade to the teams that are on his no-move list. This is part of the terms that were negotiated when he signed with the Rangers. However, that no-trade list reduces to 12 teams when the clock moves to the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons that Trouba may not want to move is because he doesn&#8217;t want to uproot his family. Movement is something that is a part of life for professional athletes. However, Trouba would like to keep his family life stable and his wife has a residency at Manhattan Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>That residency finishes up next year and the contract will be easier to move. A one-year commitment with an $8 million price tag may not be so hard to digest for a team.<\/p>\n<h4>Opening Up Space<\/h4>\n<p>The Rangers have some business to attend to in the next off-season. Players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/shestig01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-19_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Igor Shesterkin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lafreal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-19_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexis Lafreniere<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/milleka01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-19_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">K&#8217;Andre Miller<\/a> are all <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/06\/04\/nhl-rumours-new-york-rangers-goalie-could-seek-hefty-raise\/\" target=\"_self\">up for new contracts<\/a> among some of the major players on the team. Getting Trouba&#8217;s $8 million off the books would be a huge boost to Drury in his quest for keeping these three players on the roster.<\/p>\n<p>Drury already had a major stroke of luck in getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/goodrba01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-19_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barclay Goodrow<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/06\/19\/san-jose-sharks-barclay-goodrow-claimed\/\" target=\"_self\">contract off the books<\/a> this off-season. However, there&#8217;s still work to be done in the next couple of off-seasons. Lafreniere is finally starting to play like the much-ballyhooed top pick in the 2020 NHL Draft. Miller is starting to round into a key piece of the Blueshirts&#8217; defensive group.<\/p>\n<p>The Trouba deal does sort of weigh the Rangers down and getting all or part of that deal off the books would help Drury out. However, there may be a waiting game until a trade is possible.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another round of NHL rumours. We&#8217;re in the middle of the off-season, but we still have plenty to discuss. General managers are still trying to figure on how to maximize their salary cap space and fine-tune their rosters. Not much has happened after the initial free agent frenzy. However, there&#8217;s always plenty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":444791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,14,4548,4321],"tags":[1657,4035,433,5862],"class_list":["post-445809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-rangers","category-nhl","category-rumours","tag-chris-drury","tag-igor-shesterkin","tag-jacob-trouba","tag-new-york-rangers-rumours"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}