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Another avenue has opened for the Detroit Red Wings to potentially acquire Jacob Trouba
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While the captain of the New York Rangers was linked to the Detroit Red Wings in the summer, no deal materialized. Could that soon change?
The Detroit Red Wings were linked to New York Rangers captain Jacob Trouba over the summer, who already has local ties.
He was born in the metro-Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills, and later played for the nearby University of Michigan in Ann Arbor before beginning his NHL career.
After the Red Wings sent Jake Walman to the San Jose Sharks, many believed that it was the pre-cursor to a bigger move, perhaps even to acquire Trouba.
But no deal materialized, with the prevailing theory being that Trouba didn't want to uproot his wife, a doctor with a residency at a local New York hospital.
Meanwhile, Trouba is rumored to be right back on the trading block by the Rangers and GM Chris Drury, who recently indicated that he's willing to make major moves which could even include trading Chris Kreider.
Former NHL in-game analyst Pierre McGuire suggested during a recent taping of "The Sick Podcast" that the Rangers could consider stripping the captaincy away from Trouba.
If you're going to emasculate your captain and keep him on your team, you may want to take the "C" and give to somebody else.
With plenty of rumors swirling around potential moves the team could make, head coach Peter Laviolette did his best to downplay those rumors following a recent loss.
Those things are out of our control, that's not in our control. What's in our control is playing a better game, how we respond today and how we react tomorrow.
