Again, I reference 35 yo Schenn and the year he had this year as not being an impasse for a significant trade.
True but he has to want to waive. His wife had said last year, they arent moving. It was bad enough getting stuck with him for 4 more years, now we have Captain Chaos for another 4 freaking years too.
To be fair, I dont consider us “stuck” with Trocheck. Its a pleasure to have him on this team. However, his NTC goes from 12 to 10 teams. Maybe that was part of the play also to not trade him at the deadline. Will those 2 additional teams actually matter, probably not. He is who is he, he will give you 50+ points, hes fantastic at faceoffs, solid leader and he will be cost controlled for a team that may potentially be stuck against the cap ceiling for 3 more years. Were certainly not stuck with him, many teams will be kicking tires on his services, its just a matter of whats being offered because Drury has made it clear that he doesnt just want picks and a project prospect.