Golden Knights center Paul Stastny calls being moved at the NHL’s trade deadline “an emotional whirlwind.”
Stastny knows how difficult saying goodbye to teammates, packing up your family’s belongings and starting a new chapter is after leaving the St. Louis Blues for the Winnipeg Jets last season. That’s why he’s thankful the teams and hockey community are there to help players transition during a stressful period of their lives.
“You realize how small the community, the hockey world is,” Stastny said. “How so many different people have ties to so many different cities everyone kind of takes care of each other.