“Going into this deadline, I was probably the least worried about getting moved in my entire career, which says a lot,” Dowd said, adding, “When you’re within a locker room for that long and within that group, you know what’s important is what’s right in front of you… I’m sure it sounds a bit naive going into the trade deadline but there’s only so many things i can fit inside my brain, so at the time it was not something that I was incredibly concerned about. But, another life lesson.”