‘The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers’ Recap: ‘Trade Rumors’

Written by Zeke Perez Jr.

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 208 of ‘The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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Fresh off of a visit to the Honda Center and a skate around with the Anaheim Ducks, the young Ducks are flying high and feeling motivated. The team has bonded, Jace has shown some vulnerability and seems to be pushing past his struggles, and each of the players has worked to turn their perceived weaknesses into on-ice strengths. The positive vibes are even spreading over to Dominate where Evan is settling into his captaincy and Coach Cole and Coach Alex have not only bettered their relationship but are at the beginning of a budding romance. Unfortunately, some “grass is greener on the other side” feelings turn things south quickly. 
 
The Ducks come out of their Honda Center visit absolutely buzzing. Playing like a brand-new team, they work as a cohesive unit, score at will, and lock up other teams with hard hitting defense. They also pull out some Duck magic, winning one game with a knucklepuck and another with goalie Koob making a Patrick Roy-esque skate past center ice (and, unlike Roy who was called for a penalty, scoring a game winning goal). They finish out the round-robin tournament on a win-streak, climbing the standings to a record that’s good enough for a spot in the finals against… you guessed it: Dominate. 
 
Amid the Ducks’ success, Evan is feeling left out. While Dominate is dominating, he isn’t feeling the same level of camaraderie there that he sees on the Ducks squad. Internally, he feels as though he made a mistake in putting success before his old team and lost his friends by doing so. Fuel douses the fire when he learns that Sofi has moved on from him even more and is now in a relationship with Jace. 
 
The Jace vs. Evan storyline goes on to drive the crux of the episode. Evan's sadness around his old team and his jealousy of Jace leads him to confide in his mom about the situation, who then shares that with Coach Cole. Coach Cole, seeing both an opportunity to provide Evan with a change of scenery and to reunite with Jace now that he’s back on track, proposes the idea of a trade to Alex. Before she can float the idea by both players, Coach Cole sets the trade in motion. Evan and Jace catch wind of - and are infuriated by - the trade rumors. Once again at odds with Coach Cole, Alex vetoes the trade ahead of their championship matchup. 
 
Heading into the EPIC tournament championship, both teams and multiple relationships have a lot to lose. Dominate was already split on electing Evan as captain; will they turn on him when they get word that he was longing to be back with his old Ducks team? Will he and Jace reach a breaking point on the ice? How will Coach Cole and Coach Alex move a relationship forward if they can’t move past their differing philosophies? More than a shot against Team Canada will be on the line in the penultimate episode of the season next week!

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