Jacob Trouba is the modern day Scott Stevens. The haters will say, “No way, that’s so disrespectful” or “Trouba is a big piece of shit, you’re so wrong!”
Well let me tell you something, let me break things down a little bit for all of you – There is not a more feared defenseman in the NHL than Jacob Trouba.
He murders people. With one hit, the Rangers captain can alter an entire game. Just ask Pittsburgh and their media.
Poor, poor Dejan.
Fillipponi has never been able to bounce back. I bet in real life we’d be friends.
So after all of these clean – very clean – hits, Trouba is in the news the other day for an alleged slash to Boston Bruins forward Trent Frederic.
As you can see, there are different angles of the alleged assault.
Let’s break down the facts:
Fact number 1: The ref was 5 feet away and deemed this to be a good clean hockey play. I know this because there was no penalty on the play. Was this correct? I’m going to take the word of someone who has been to ref school over a couple bitch boys on twitter who pay $8.99 a month on a blue check mark – the internets comparable to extra large tires and a set of truck nuts.
Fact number 2: Trent Frederics reaction on the play – now if this really was all that bad, and someone took their stick and attempted to decapitate you, wouldn’t there be more of a push back? Wouldn’t we here about it more in the media? Freddy was yapping all day and was begging for a fight – wouldn’t this seem like a no brainer? Does the non-reaction to this become a reaction? Hm, it really makes you think.
Fact number 3: Trouba is a man of class. Don’t believe me? Check out his abstract art. Do you think the NHL’s Van Gogh would be out operating in a dirty manner? Get outta here with that nonsense.
Fact number 4: Every time Trouba does something nails a certain section of the hockey community comes out and demands action. They demand a tar and feathering. They demand he be barred from the league. They find the most egregious plays in hockey history and use it as a comparable to a clean hit. These are also the same people whose favorite hockey movie is Slap Shot 2 because they really care about the figure skating portion of the film. Take their opinions with a grain of salt – 99.9% of these people have never played hockey before and have PTSD from watching Stranger Things.
I have been a George Parros hater for the longest time and this one he finally got right. If it weren’t for the backlash of these social media warriors, Trouba probably wouldn’t even had been fined. Parros looks at this and sees what I see – a good ol’ fashioned hockey play that was put under a microscope by a bunch of people who are looking for Trouba to fail. Parros threw the dog a bone, gave Trouba a 5K fine and now anyone who actually pretends that this effects them can move on with their pathetic lives.
Thank you for your service, George.
As Larry says, calm down everyone.
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