Jacob Trouba Criticizes Rangers Following Trade To Ducks

Jacob Trouba Criticizes Rangers Following Trade To Ducks

After the Rangers essentially exiled Jacob Trouba, you knew it was only a matter of time before we got the juicy scoop. Following the trade to the Ducks, Trouba finally got to tell his side of the story. Understandably so, he was incredibly frustrated with the way the Rangers handled things.

Trouba admits the trade rumors affected his play, he thinks the Rangers played this horribly with how public it was, and the fact that he won’t apologize for choosing his family first.

“I’ll be honest, I was put in a position this summer to make a decision between my career and my family and I chose my family,” Trouba said. “I would choose my family 100 times over again, I don’t feel bad about that, I was happy about it, I don’t like that it was made public necessarily or how everything unfolded so publicly. But, I guess that’s part of New York and what happens.

“It made it difficult to play kind of what that hanging over everything. The result is the result. I’m happy with moving forward, but I’m not overly thrilled with how it went down. In my opinion, things could’ve been handled better. I’m not blaming anybody or anything, just kind of how it happened I thought was kind of unfortunate.”

“Yesterday morning was, ‘Accept this trade or we’re scratching you,’” Trouba said. “Got to the place where I felt comfortable with Anaheim, and that was the place I wanted to go.”

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Trouba’s wife doesn’t finish her medical residency until July of 2025 but it appears being in sunny California was an attractive option for them if they had to leave.

“Anaheim was one of the places my wife and I were interested in,” Trouba said. “Just everything about it. Where the team’s at, I think they have a great opportunity in the next couple years. It’s kind of a similar situation to when I came to New York with the really good young players that are ready to take the next step, and if there’s something I can do to help contribute to that, I think that’s my goal…

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