NHL Announces Jacob Trouba Will Not Be Suspended as Montreal Canadiens File a Request

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Elias Adaime
October 23, 2024 (11:23)

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Journalist Peter Baugh has just published a verdict regarding Jacob Trouba, for his hit on young Justin Barron of the Montreal Canadiens.

According to his sources, Trouba will NOT be penalized by the NHL discipline committee, which considers it a perfectly legal hit. Wow.

Jacob Trouba is not punished by the National Hockey League

See his exact statement:

«The Canadiens requested that the Department of Player Safety review the hit delivered by Jacob Trouba last night, but I've been told that no sanction is planned. The Department of Player Safety deemed it a clean hit.» - Peter Baugh

He reveals here that the Montreal Canadiens directly requested the Department of Player Safety to review Trouba's hit on Barron, and this request was denied.

The league is convinced that it was a perfectly legal hit.

We're talking about the following hit here, a hit where the initial point of contact is directly the head of the Montreal Canadiens defenseman:

All details can be found here:

Do you agree with this decision by the National Hockey League?

Jacob Trouba, 30 years old, is a 6-foot-3, 212-pound defenseman who is certainly no stranger to questionable hits of this kind.

In 754 career games in the National Hockey League, the 9th overall pick of the Winnipeg Jets in 2012 has accumulated 313 points and 613 penalty minutes.

It will be interesting to see if a certain Arber Xhekaj will be in uniform for the next matchup against the Rangers.