when he realized he was staying put <\/a>for at least the rest of the 2025-26 season?<\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t know. I was just happy for it all to be over with,\u201d Trocheck said after the game. \u201cIt\u2019s a stressful waiting game whenever you\u2019re in talks like that. So for me, it was just a roller coaster of emotions. Now that it\u2019s done with, for now, it\u2019s nice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old Trocheck conducted himself like a true veteran while fielding questions about his Rangers future in the days leading up to the deadline. <\/p>\n
His familiarity with the situation was evident, though he noted he felt his name was out there a little bit more than in the past.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
With 20 games left in the season, Trocheck said he\u2019ll try to help out the abundance of young players on the team as best as he can.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been terrific,\u201d coach Mike Sullivan said of how he saw Trocheck navigate the last few weeks. \u201cHe\u2019s such a good pro. He\u2019s a great person, he\u2019s a great leader, and he\u2019s a terrific hockey player. I think he\u2019s done a really good job under difficult circumstances, just trying to navigate through it. I always use the word \u2018compartmentalize\u2019 it and try to go out and play when the puck drops, and that\u2019s when he\u2019s at his best. I think, moving forward, there\u2019s a lot of unknowns. And so, right now, Troch is a New York Ranger, and we\u2019re thrilled to have him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vincent Trocheck (16) and his Rangers teammates congratulate Will Borgen (17) on his first period goal during the Rangers\u2019 loss to the Devils. Robert Sabo for New York Post<\/p>\n
If Saturday\u2019s game meant anything to either team, it would\u2019ve been considered a riveting, back-and-forth contest.<\/p>\n
Alas, the two clubs were stacked atop one another in the basement of the Metropolitan Division entering their first meeting of the season.<\/p>\n
Both teams severely underperformed in recent months and are far out of the playoff picture.<\/p>\n
The Battle of the Hudson moniker doesn\u2019t really apply when neither team is battling for anything.<\/p>\n
Saturday may have been meaningless, but it was a competitive affair nonetheless. <\/p>\n
Jack Hughes led the Devils with his fourth career hat trick against his Team USA teammate (Trocheck) and bench boss (Sullivan).<\/p>\n
Vincent Trocheck battles Nico Trocheck for the puck during a faceoff in the Rangers\u2019 6-3 loss to the Devils at Prudential Center on March 7, 2026. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n
The Rangers were crushed in the special teams game, going 0-for-4 on the power play and giving up a goal on all three man-advantage opportunities for the Devils.<\/p>\n
Trocheck, of course, saw ice time in both game situations. Will Cuylle, who lived with Trocheck during his rookie season, was just happy to see him back in the locker room.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the start, he\u2019s always been the guy I\u2019ve looked up to personally,\u201d Cuylle told The Post after the loss. \u201cEven when he didn\u2019t have a letter or anything, I thought he was one of the most important leaders on the team. Just off the ice, as well. Always involved, plays with heart and soul. I feel like he\u2019s kind of lived and breathed Rangers for the past however long he\u2019s been here.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Rangers will likely revisit a potential trade for Trocheck in the offseason.<\/p>\n
For now, however, Trocheck is prepared to do what he\u2019s always done for the Rangers.<\/p>\n
He refuted the notion that there was any awkwardness for him after the whole ordeal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are my teammates. I\u2019ve been teammates with these guys for four years, so \u2026,\u201d Trocheck said. \u201cWe\u2019re all obviously open and honest with each other. And it was kind of like you guys said, a welcome back whenever I saw them today for the first time in a couple days. But no, it\u2019s not awkward. It\u2019s just, it is what it is. \u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For weeks, Vincent Trocheck spoke like a player who was prepared to be traded. He shared his preferences…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[4823,385,99,51064],"class_list":["post-511499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-vincent-trocheck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}