Rangers Captain Jacob Trouba Responds To 'Spittin' Chiclets' Criticism With Suicide Awareness Post

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On May 31, Pasha Eshghi appeared on the "Spittin' Chiclets" podcast and delivered a rant about New York Rangers captain Jacob Trouba. 

The day before, the Rangers had lost Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final to the Florida Panthers to fall into a 3-2 hole in the series. The Panthers would go on to win Game 6 to advance to the Stanley Cup Final. 

During the rant, a graphic appeared on-screen that read "Is Jacob Trouba the worst captain in the NHL?" 

New York Rangers captain Jacob Trouba responded to a video posted by "Spittin' Chiclets" that criticized Trouba's play and told them to "do better."

New York Rangers captain Jacob Trouba responded to a video posted by "Spittin' Chiclets" that criticized Trouba's play and told them to "do better."

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It should be noted, Eshghi takes pleasure in deriding the New York Rangers, and this is far from the only over-the-top criticism he has made about the team. 

"Is there a bigger hypocritical scumbag in the league than Jacob Trouba?" Eshghi asks, rhetorically. "First of all, he sucks at hockey." 

The video goes on from there, and you can watch it if you're so inclined. 

Here's what Eshghi posted after the Panthers eliminated the Rangers from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. 

On Wednesday, five days after the clip from "Spittin' Chiclets" was posted on X (formerly Twitter), Trouba responded. 

"Suicide rates have doubled in the past 20 years in U.S. college athletes," he wrote in part. "11 days ago, a [PGA Tour] golfer tragically took his own life after a mental health battle and people asked how that was possible. We must do better than this." 

Trouba then made a second post, saying that he uses painting as his "outlet" and offering all proceeds from his work over the next month to go to a non-profit organization supporting athletes. 

We could speculate about exactly what message Trouba was conveying in his original post, but we don't want to do that. OutKick reached out to Trouba to see if he would expound on the post, but have yet to hear back. 

We will update if and when he does. 

If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

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