If anyone in the Carolina Hurricanes’ locker room best understands the uneasiness surrounding the NHL trade deadline, it’s Lee Stempniak.
The veteran forward has been dealt by teams four separate times at the deadline in the past, forced to pack up quickly and leave his family behind.
“It’s always hard and when you have kids it takes on a whole new meaning,” Stempniak said this week. “With a trade, and the moving, it’s always a big shock.
“I think there’s definitely some tension, maybe some anxiousness in the room when it gets close to the deadline.