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On June 27, 2014, the day of the NHL draft in Philadelphia, a disgruntled Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks was shipped to the Anaheim Ducks, one of the few teams he’d agreed to go to.

Kesler’s in the middle of a season of resurgence for the Ducks.

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Here’s how the trade’s all played out in the 2 1/2 years since the trade.

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June 27, 2014: Centre Kesler, a three-time Selke Trophy nominee (and 2011 winner) and key cog in the Canucks’ drive to the Stanley Cup Final in 2011, is shipped along with a third-round pick in the 2015 draft to Anaheim. In return, the Canucks get four-year Ducks forward Nick Bonino, who’s coming off a 22-goal season, former 19th-overall-pick defenceman Luca Sbisa, who had 24 points in his second full NHL season, and first- and third-round picks in that weekend’s draft.

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June 27, 2014: After the Canucks pick Jake Virtanen with their own sixth-overall pick, they use the 24th-overall pick from the Ducks to select Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., centre Jared McCann. One pick later, the Boston Bruins choose David Pastrnak, a junior star from the Czech Republic who has 19 goals in 43 games this season.