The unexpected trade of Jocelyne Larocque from Toronto to Ottawa served as a reality check for Sarah Nurse, emphasizing that the PWHL operates as a business. Now moving to Vancouver for the new expansion team after Toronto left her unprotected, Nurse must separate her emotions from her professional aspirations. Toronto has always been her home, and her contribution to building its hockey program holds great significance for her. She looks forward to bringing her skills to Vancouver, complementing the team's fresh start.
"Being one of the foundational players that kind of helped build the program [in Toronto], it means so much to me. But at the end of the day, when you think of an opportunity to go to an expansion team and to be able to bring what I bring off of the ice, but to be able to bring the level of play that I also bring on the ice, I think is something really special and something that [Vancouver GM Cara Gardner Morey] had recognized and identified with me, and something that I really appreciated."
Larocque is a veteran, shutdown defender who's seen, and won, just about everything. She's the teammate that everyone wants to have.
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