3/9/26 | Elliotte Friedman said on The Fan Hockey show on Monday about Trocheck, “I think that where the cap is going, players with term have become more valuable and one guy like Trocheck, we all thought he was going to get dealt, the lack of free agents that are going to be out there and the cap going up is going to be driving up some of these contracts, I think there is a chance that a guy like Trocheck becomes more valuable, not less.”
He added, “I spoke to another team that was in on Trocheck and they told me that the Rangers were looking for a first rounder, a player off your roster and a legit prospect. It was a lot…I know Drury is getting a lot of heat and we’ll find out over time whether or not he was right to do it this way, but players with term and Trocehck has three years of term, as the cap goes up, players with term, there value is only going to go up.”
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