It would have been easy for me to evaluate the trade when it happened, but that didn’t make a lot of sense to me. I needed to see what would happen with that pick on Friday night. Now, we know. The Winnipeg Jets selected defensemen Ville Heinola with the 20th overall pick.
There are a lot of things to unpack with this trade, so let’s just start with Trouba.
Jacob Trouba
There was always a lot of discussion that Jacob Trouba did not want to live in Winnipeg. He definitely has asked for a trade at least twice in the past.