Jordan Martinook said he was coming back from the bank Thursday in Phoenix when he got a phone call he did not expect.
Not in early May, with the Stanley Cup playoffs in full swing.
Martinook, 25, learned he had been traded to the Carolina Hurricanes in a forward-for-forward hockey deal that also included draft picks and some retained salary by the Hurricanes. The Canes sent Marcus Kruger and a third-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft to the Arizona Coyotes for Martinook and a fourth-round pick.
“It was very surprising,” Martinook said Thursday. “It’s a weird time to be traded and I was in shock for about the first five minutes.