Jacob Trouba is clearly a good defenseman, but he’s not elite. He was asking for something around $6+ Million per year which was absolutely insane. Trouba is an important part of our lineup but he also does make many mistakes. He’s still young, and will improve with experience.
I can’t say that I think he wants to be here. Although it was a long time ago, I still feel like he wants a trade. He’s going to want way too much, and he could just play elsewhere. This offseason, I feel that there’s likely going to be another holdout from him.