Official: Rangers Sign Jacob Trouba To Contract Extension

The salary arbitration hearing between Jacob Trouba and the New York Rangers scheduled for July 25 will no longer be necessary. Today, Trouba pledged his future to his new team by signing a seven-year deal worth an average annual value of $8,000,000. This is the first long-term contract of his career.

The cap hit for Trouba’s extension was initially projected to be in the neighborhood of $7.5 million by Larry Brooks and $6.87 million (for a seven-year term) by the Evolving Wild Twins.

The 25-year-old defenseman was the ninth overall pick of the 2012 Draft.