NHL players are well-known for their extraordinary pain thresholds, especially in the playoffs. Every year, we hear about someone playing through an absolutely bonkers injury with the aim of hopefully hoisting the Stanley Cup.
But what Jacob Trouba willingly endured this spring is still unfathomable.
On Tuesday, the New York Rangers defenseman revealed that he played through a broken ankle injury suffered earlier in the regular season. Remember, the Rangers played all the way to Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals. So, he played with a broken ankle for roughly two months, if not a little more. That’s amazing and horrifying at the same time.
What’s more, Trouba clarified that a “big chunk of his ankle came off.”
WHAT? What does that even mean?
#NYR captain Jacob Trouba said the injury he sustained earlier in the season was a broken ankle, “a big chunk of his ankle came off.”
Since it wasn’t a weight-bearing bone, he was mostly okay, but skating did not feel good.
— Mollie Walker (@MollieeWalkerr) June 4, 2024
OK, that’s just absurd.
Look, I have mad respect for NHL players who sacrifice everything for their team. But I gotta be honest: If I had a broken ankle, I’m not gonna keep playing just so I could maybe have the chance of touching a big silver cup with a lot of names on it.
Guys like Trouba really might be built differently.