Coming over from Europe, Anastasia Söderström is used to travelling a lot, so she's always happy to see more of the world with her teammates. For the Japan series, she's excited to get to play professional hockey in front of an audience that might not have really had the same exposure to SHL hockey beforehand. She's really planning to just spend the excursion taking in the whole experience and getting to see a new country while preparing for a bit of a spectacle. She's usually been good at keeping her thoughts compartmentalized and organized, but going overseas like that is still such an interesting experience that she still wants to spend time just enjoying the wonder of all the new experiences she would have while over in Japan. At the very least, going over to Japan to open the regular season would be a very good bonding experience for everyone on the team and would be a time of wonderful stories that Ana could take back home to her friends and family.