"Unfortunately, things happen during my career and Detroit did not accept it really well I guess as you can tell," Vrana said. "When I left the program, I didn't get any chance really much. The decision was to send me down through waivers right away without even a game, go to the AHL. That was shocking to me. I had this type of career, but I did it. I accepted it like it is. I'm just a player. I can't make decisions like that, so I just accept it, go and work hard. I tried to do my best down there.
Finally I got called up, got scratched first four games and then I already kind of knew like this is it, it wasn't working. I think hockey-wise it could work, to be honest. I think hockey-wise it was there. I just think for some reason, I don't really know what's behind it. I had to take care of some (personal) stuff outside the locker room, outside the hockey rink. I came back and felt like a new person. It was totally different.
Guys are nice, and the organization are really good people. It's just that it was a little frustrating to me. I expected a little bit more trust and a little bit more (of a) chance to kind of put the pieces together again. That didn't work."