ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jacob Trouba is moving on to the Anaheim Ducks following five-plus seasons in New York, but the former Rangers captain wasn’t thrilled with how things ended.
Trouba was traded to the Ducks on Friday for defenseman Urho Vaakanainen and a conditional 2025 fourth-round draft pick. Trouba said he expects to join the Ducks — which include former Rangers teammates Ryan Strome and Frank Vatrano — when they begin a road trip on Monday in Montreal.
Trade speculation swirled around Trouba this summer, and the defenseman invoked his no-trade clause to stay in New York, where his wife, Kelly, is finishing her hospital residency. Rangers general manager Chris Drury ramped up his desire to move Trouba this week, and it was reported on Friday morning that he would waive Trouba if he could not work out a deal.
Trouba confirmed that the Rangers raised the possibility of putting him on waivers if he didn’t agree to a trade and called it “a threat.”
“(Thursday) morning was, ‘Accept this trade or we’re scratching you,’” Trouba said in a video conference call with reporters on Friday. “I said, ‘OK.’ Then it was, ‘Accept this trade or you’re going on waivers,’ and I said, ‘OK.’ And then it got to a point where I felt comfortable with Anaheim and…
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