One more look at that insane @adamhenrique goal! #LetsGoDucks pic.twitter.com/QM8zJDxp88
— Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) December 19, 2017
Getting traded sucks, there’s no way around it. Even though players understand the game is a business, uprooting your personal life at the drop of a hat to go play with a new group of teammates is tough to do, and it hurts the pride of a player to be moved.
As much as players always talk about their first game against their former team just being another game for them, they want to show the brass that they made a mistake in trading them.