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All signs may be pointing to an eventual, inevitable exit, but Winnipeg Jets defenceman Jacob Trouba isn't ruling out a long-term future in Winnipeg despite being unable to strike such a deal this summer, requiring an arbitrator to settle a contract stalemate.
Trouba, 24, spoke publicly this past weekend for the first time since he was awarded a one-year, $5.5-million contract in early July. He was specifically asked whether a lengthy extension with the Jets is now unlikely given his rocky history with the club that drafted him ninth overall in 2012.