NHL trades have a trickle down affect.<\/p>\n
Some are predictable, as families need to relocate on the fly, while ex-teammates lament the fact that they\u2019ve lost a locker room brother.<\/p>\n
However, there can be some surprising, unintended consequences after a player is dealt.<\/p>\n
At least, that\u2019s what happened to one of Conor Garland\u2019s teammates.<\/p>\n
The former Canucks winger took the ice for the first time with the Columbus Blue Jackets, where he\u2019ll play his first game for the club on Saturday against the Utah Mammoth.<\/p>\n
Garland talked to the media in Columbus about the trade, where he explained that one of his former Canucks teammates will have some work to do back in Vancouver.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had one of the younger guys living in my apartment downstairs in Vancouver,\u201d Garland said. \u201cHe didn\u2019t have to pay rent this year, so his payment will be he has to pack up some stuff for me and send it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was then asked which younger teammate was tasked with the assignment.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, Max Sasson,\u201d Garland said. \u201cHe\u2019ll be busy tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tough gig for Max Sasson, who\u2019s currently on the road with the Canucks. Vancouver plays the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday before returning home for a game on Monday against the Ottawa Senators.<\/p>\n
Sasson became a full-time NHLer this season, even though he didn\u2019t make the Canucks out of camp. He played two AHL games before his recall on Oct. 14, and he hasn\u2019t looked back.<\/p>\n
One of the reasons why Sasson has been tasked with the packing job is because Garland didn\u2019t have much of an inclination that he would be dealt.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had no clue or inkling of anything happening until I landed in Chicago around 5:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m. [on Thursday],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I had known, I would have packed a lot more clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although he admitted learning about the trade late in the process, he said that the transition hadn\u2019t been all that chaotic.<\/p>\n
\u201cVancouver helped a bunch,\u201d he revealed in his presser with Columbus media.<\/p>\n