Following the first training camp session of the year for the Carolina Hurricanes last week, Justin Faulk sat down at his locker as practically every member of the media in attendance surrounded him.
He knew exactly what the questions were going to be.
On Monday of that week, reports came out that the Hurricanes were deep into trade talks with the Anaheim Ducks surrounding Faulk. The extra layer in this scenario was the language in his contract that gives him the right to submit a list of 15 NHL teams, to which he would have to approve any trade that he were to be involved in.