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Ranking emotional NHL homecomings ahead of Jack Eichel Night in Buffalo

It's the moment that every NHL player fears.

When they've played with the same team for years, to the point where home ice feel like a second home, and then something from "the business side of the game" evicts them. They're wearing a different uniform, on a different team, with different teammates. They return to the place they used to call home and -- to their horror -- they have to get suited up in the visiting dressing room.

Not the one meticulously constructed and maintained to maximize the comfort levels of hometown heroes. No, that other one.