While we all can't help but get riled up for the NHL's trade deadline day and what it could mean for our favourite hockey teams and players every year, it's easy to forget about the actual people and those that care about them who get lost in the transactions.
Getting traded means having to uproot your entire life and leave behind your friends and whatever home you've made in the city you play in, which is unimaginably hard to stomach no matter the circumstances.
Yesterday, the Red Wings pulled off the trade of the day when they dealt to Mantha the Capitals for a haul.
It was definitely a great deal for the Wings, but when captain Dylan Larkin spoke about finding out his best buddy Mantha had been traded, it put players getting traded in general into perspective for us a little more.
Welp, our heart strings.
We know hockey is a business, but it's definitely important to remember that the players are still human.
