{"id":165795,"date":"2026-02-05T22:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/165795\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:32:19","slug":"jacob-troubas-comments-latest-indictment-of-rotting-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/165795\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Trouba\u2019s comments latest indictment of rotting Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jan 25, 2026; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Anaheim Ducks defenseman Jacob Trouba (65) against the Calgary Flames during the second period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Chris Drury and the Rangers probably thought they were sending defenseman and former captain Jacob Trouba to the equivalent of NHL Siberia when they shipped him off to the Anaheim Ducks following months of speculation, drama, and even what he described as threats.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the Ducks, who were one of the bottom teams in the Western Conference last season, sit in third place in the Pacific Division heading toward the Olympic break with Trouba and another former Ranger, Chris Kreider, contributing. According to the veteran blue liner, things are going much better in sunny California than they were during his final months on Broadway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m playing a little looser. I\u2019ll be honest with you, I\u2019m having a little bit more fun than I\u2019ve had the last couple of years, so I think that\u2019s been refreshing for me,\u201d Trouba told the NHL on TNT<\/a> following the Ducks\u2019 4-2 win over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night. \u201cComing to the rink with a smile on my face and being excited to show up to practice\u2026 It\u2019s fun to be around this group.\u201d<\/p>\n

All the while, the Rangers are the worst team in the Eastern Conference, with Drury\u2019s slow, not-so-methodical purge of some veterans, which has included the jettisoning of Kreider, K\u2019Andre Miller, and soon, Artemi Panarin.<\/p>\n

It all began with Trouba, who sat through months of public trade speculation during the summer of 2024 while the Rangers tried to get his contract off their books. Despite extensive efforts, Trouba\u2019s full no-movement clause, which eventually became a modified 15-team no-trade clause, hampered any progress.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Part of the holdout was predicated on his desire to stay in New York for his wife, who was completing a three-year medical residency at a local hospital.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI was put in a situation this summer to make a decision between my career and my family,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cI chose my family. I\u2019d choose my family 100 times over again. I don\u2019t feel bad about it\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like that everything unfolded so publicly. I guess that\u2019s part of New York.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

But in early December 2024, the Rangers approached Trouba and asked him to accept a trade to the Ducks, who finished seventh out of eight teams in the Pacific Division the year prior and were third from bottom at that time. If he did not accept it, he would be scratched.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After calling their bluff, the Rangers ordered him to accept the trade or be put on waivers, which would nullify his no-trade clause and see him lose any control over where his next home would be.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a threat,\u201d Trouba said shortly after the trade.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

It might have also been one of the better things to happen to him because, now, he is in the midst of a playoff race with a young, exciting roster. The Rangers, meanwhile, are going backward in what is shaping up to be their worst season in a couple of decades, while mired in a rotten culture built on the back of Drury.<\/p>\n

For more on Jacob Trouba and the Rangers, visit AMNY.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan 25, 2026; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Anaheim Ducks defenseman Jacob Trouba (65) against the Calgary Flames during the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,73192,404,79994,23515,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-165795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-headlines","10":"tag-anaheim-news","11":"tag-chris-drury","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-pm-newsletter","14":"tag-rangers","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}