Rangers trade Vincent Trocheck to Mammoth for Sean Durzi, Cole Beaudoin, pick: Source
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Vincent Trocheck, whose contract goes through 2029 with a $5.625 million cap hit, had a 10-team no-trade list. Dennis Schneidler / Imagn Images
By Peter Baugh and Vincent Z. MercoglianoJuly 1, 2026 Updated 4:40 pm EDTThe New York Rangers are trading center Vincent Trocheck to the Utah Mammoth, a league source confirmed to The Athletic, speaking on the condition of anonymity to address negotiations that aren’t public.
In return, the Rangers are receiving defenseman Sean Durzi, forward prospect Cole Beaudoin and a 2027 third-round pick.
Trocheck was one of the top centers on the trade market this summer and comes with term. The 32-year-old is under contract through the 2028-29 season with a $5.625 million cap hit. Trocheck had a no-movement clause the first three years of his deal, signed in July 2022, but that shifted to a 12-team no-trade list last summer. It moved to a 10-team list on Wednesday.
The Rangers considered moving Trocheck at the NHL trade deadline in March, holding him out of the lineup the night before the deadline for roster management reasons, but opted to hold him, hoping for a better return this summer.
Trocheck had 53 points (16 goals and 37 assists) in 67 games this past season and was part of the United States team that won a gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. Rangers team president Chris Drury opted to sign Trocheck and let Ryan Strome walk as a free agent in summer 2022 with the hope of upgrading the second-line center position for a team that had gone on a deep playoff run that spring. It turned out to be a fruitful decision, with Trocheck providing a versatile presence in New York’s top six for the next four seasons. He had 253 points in 313 games with the Rangers and averaged more than 20 minutes of ice time a night.
What did the Rangers get in return?
In Durzi, the Rangers bring on a right-shot defenseman who had five goals and 27 points in 60 games last year. He’s averaged more than 20 minutes per game in his career and can play in a top-four role. He scored an overtime winner against the Rangers in January.
Beaudoin, a 2024 first-round pick, was the No. 7 prospect in Scott Wheeler’s April rankings of Utah’s pool. He had 33 goals and 88 points for OHL Barrie last season.
“He should become an effective bottom-six player in the NHL someday,” Wheeler wrote. “He has a high floor and will get the most out of his career because of his drive, heaviness on pucks, battle level, strength in the dot, willingness to lay the body or block a shot and his forechecking. If he can continue to refine his touch and work on his hands and his first couple of steps, he’ll have a long career.”
This story will be updated.
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Dad Notices A Strange Shadow On Skylight — Then Saves An Entire Fluffy Family
“We couldn’t believe it.”
By Ashley OrtizPublished on July 1, 2026 at 5:48 PMA somber hush fell across Charlene Jackson’s house on the morning of April 26, as her family quietly showered their 12-year-old dog, Caddie, with love. It was Caddie's final day with them, and they were all filled with grief over having to say goodbye to her the following morning.
The family was gathered around their beloved dog when Charlene’s husband suddenly entered the room, urging them to follow him into the office. He’d spotted a large, dark figure on the skylight and realized an adorable fluffy family had come to visit.
“He was working in his home office when he heard noise above him,” Charlene told The Dodo. “He looked up, and there they were! We couldn’t believe it.”

The Jacksons ran into the office and were shocked to find a mama cat curled up on the skylight with a handful of kittens, especially with the weather they’d recently had.
“It had been raining for a few days before, and it was chilly,” Charlene said. “The sun was finally out, so they must have been on the skylight to get warm.”

Without skipping a beat, the entire Jackson family rushed to help the mama cat and her babies. They initially carried a kennel, food and water onto the roof and planned to let the cats rest for a little while. But after watching one of the kittens stumble into a drainage opening, they rescued him and quickly decided to bring the feral family down to safer ground.
Thankfully, the little fluffy family didn’t put up much of a fight when being relocated.
“Mama was very friendly and allowed us to pick her up and pet her,” Charlene said. “The kittens were very frightened, but we managed to get them all, so we thought, and bring them down.”

The Jacksons made a small enclosure for the cats outside, where Mama cat could come and go as she pleased, while her kittens rested safely. But shortly after moving the little family into the enclosure, Charlene and her husband realized one tiny kitten had been left behind.
“We had Mama and 4 kittens but realized after watching the videos there were 5 kittens,” Charlene said. “We couldn’t find the 5th one anywhere. We thought it was lost for good.”
Sadly, the Jacksons didn’t find the missing kitten that night, but they promised to keep searching. The following morning, they said a heart-wrenching goodbye to their ailing dog, Caddie, then sought comfort in cuddles with their remaining senior pup, Lulu, and the little cat family.
“It felt like the kittens and mama were sent to us to help us heal,” Charlene said.
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Thankfully, less than 24 hours later, they found the missing kitten alive after surviving two days on her own in a roof gutter.
The Jacksons breathed a sigh of relief as they reunited her with the rest of the little family, convinced the cats' stressful rescue journey was finally over. But the next morning, the mama cat came racing toward Charlene and Lulu outside in a panic, proving it wasn't over just yet.

At first, Charlene thought the mama cat was hungry, so she set out a fresh bowl of food. But the mama cat ignored the food and kept scratching the Jacksons’ patio door.
“I thought it was strange, so I went out to see what she wanted,” Charlene said. “ I looked into the pen and found only 2 kitties. 3 had escaped.”

Charlene’s heart dropped. Panicked, she and her husband searched everywhere for the escaped kittens but couldn’t find them anywhere. And it seemed that the mama cat was just as desperate for their help.
“Every time we stopped or came inside to take a break, Mama scratched at the door,” Charlene said. “She was insisting we find them. She even led us up a pathway several times. It was very deliberate.”
The Jacksons followed the mama cat up the pathway, continuing to search for hours, but kept coming up empty-handed. They decided to follow Mama one last time, and she suddenly leaped from the path onto a covered pile of wood and stared at them.
“We were quiet and heard rustling,” Charlene said. “All 3 kitties were together and had fallen down to the bottom of the wood pile and were stuck. They were about 4 feet down.”

Charlene and her family took apart the wood pile until each kitten was out safely, eventually deciding to move everyone inside.

The kittens spent the next few weeks growing and playing inside the Jackson home, while Mama relaxed on one of her many new beds. Eventually, the kittens were old enough to be adopted, and two quickly found amazing homes.
At first, the Jacksons decided not to keep any of the cats, as they already had two senior dogs with deteriorating health conditions. But after losing Caddie the day after the cats’ rescue, and then their beloved Lulu a little over a month later, they realized they couldn’t part ways with the remaining cats. So, they adopted Mama and the last three kittens, whom they named Spicy, Stevie and Nicksy.

Now that Mama and her babies are officially part of the family, the Jacksons’ days couldn’t be brighter. Still healing from the heartbreak of losing their soul dogs, the Jacksons turn to the little cat family for comfort every day — and they can’t imagine life without them now.
“This family of kitties and mama have really helped us heal,” Charlene said.