NEW YORK -- Jacob Trouba doesn't spend time thinking about his perceived villainy.
Many NHL fans do, as they watch the New York Rangers defenseman pulverize opponents with his signature open-ice checks, sometimes with injurious results. They call for penalties that aren't whistled. They call for suspensions that aren't handed out. They boo him when he touches the puck on the road, which Trouba claims he doesn't hear.
Well, with one exception.
"I heard them in Pittsburgh," he admitted. "I don't really think too much about it, I guess. It's the way I've always played.