Brace for the Storm
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No we don't. You gotta look at the bigger picture here...
The Rangers have been needing an energy forward like Lemieux for YEARS... they finally got one, and he'll be in NY for a while. While it's true that Trouba has been disappointing because of his offensive production, his defense has been better than expected, and that was a major need in NY. Add that to LIndgren and Fox and the Rangers have some defensive flexibility moving forward. Plus, Winnipeg's offensive core is better than NYR's offensive core (Laine, Connor, Wheeler, Ehlers and Scheifele vs Panarin, Zibanejad, Strome, Kreider and Buchnevich) so of course Trouba will put up less points than in Winnipeg.
Basically the deal looks like this:
A few months of K.Hayes + N.Pionk VS J.Trouba and B.Lemieux. Trust me, the deal is fine for NY. Lemieux is easily worth the few months of Kevin Hayes at this point.