Bleacher Report · May 28, 2024
Jacob Trouba's Questionable Hits Distract From Truth: He's Hurting Rangers On Ice
If there's any player on the New York Rangers roster that most NHL fans have gotten to know more than they wanted to it's defenseman Jacob Trouba.
Trouba has earned a reputation for delivering controversial hits with various levels of severity to opposing players. We saw it from him again in Game 3 when he delivered a chicken-wing elbow to the head of Florida Panthers forward Evan Rodrigues.
That hit earned him a $5,000 fine from NHL Player Safety and more exasperation from fans and others around the league that he evaded a suspension yet again. He also didn't really have much of an explanation for it afterwards.