Vincent Trocheck mentioned that the New York Rangers’ upcoming Japanese Convention second-round matchup with the Carolina Hurricanes is “simply one other sequence.”
Okay, proper.
Trocheck, 30, performed with the Hurricanes from 2019-22 earlier than signing a seven-year, $39.375 million free-agent take care of the Rangers the next offseason, coming off New York’s defeat of Trocheck and Carolina in a seven-game sequence in the course of the 2022 postseason.
“It is a playoff sequence that we have to get previous to get to our purpose to win the Stanley Cup,” Trocheck mentioned through Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Submit.
Trocheck has develop into Mr. All the things for New York.
Along with posting a career-high 77 factors (25 targets and 52 assists) in the course of the common season, the 30-year-old heart is an everyday on the power-play and penalty-kill models and ranked second amongst all NHL facilities who took at the very least 1,000 faceoffs with a 58.7 win share. He additionally averaged a career-high 21.27 minutes per sport.
Trocheck posted three targets and three assists within the Rangers’ four-game sweep of the Washington Capitals within the first spherical, along with successful 72% of his face-offs.
Skating in opposition to a former workforce is actually acquainted sufficient for Trocheck.
He performed seven seasons with the Florida Panthers earlier than being traded to the Hurricanes and has already confronted them six instances as a member of the Rangers.
“Taking part in in opposition to former groups is not one thing that is new to me,” he mentioned. “I performed with Carolina in opposition to Florida a bunch of instances. It simply occurs on this league if you happen to transfer from workforce to workforce.”
Trocheck isn’t the one one holding a connection between the 2 groups.
New York coach Peter Laviolette coached Carolina to its solely Stanley Cup in 2006. The captain of that workforce was present Hurricanes’ coach Rod Brind’Amour.
As well as, Hurricanes defenseman Brady Skjei is a former Ranger and Hurricanes ahead Jesper Quick (who’s out for the season with a neck harm) additionally previously performed with New York.
