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“Any time something like that happens, at first it’s kind of like, is this a joke?” said Jordan, a defenceman too.

The Subbans, including middle brother Malcolm Subban, the Boston Bruins’ top goaltending prospect, were not alone in feeling shocked and confused. After all, June 29 was a whirlwind.

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The hockey world was tasked with processing not only the Subban-Weber swap but another massive trade (Edmonton Oilers winger Taylor Hall for New Jersey rearguard Adam Larsson, straight up) as well as the Tampa Bay Lightning locking up Steven Stamkos long term.

Malcolm, with plenty of time to digest the wackiest off-season day in recent memory, is now looking forward to seeing what P.K. can accomplish south of the border.

“When you think of him, you think of Montreal,” Malcolm, 22, said. “That’s where he played (for so long). He’ll be looking to make a new legacy (in Nashville) … It’s good for him to get a new start, I guess. He’s going to a good team, so he’ll have a good chance to win a championship there.”

The 2016-17 season could prove to be a banner year for the Subbans, an elite hockey family from Toronto’s Rexdale area.

P.K. is entering his ninth NHL season but first in the freewheeling Western Conference. Firmly No. 3 on the Bruins’ goalie depth chart, Malcolm should see NHL duty at some point. Also entering a second year in the pro ranks, Jordan looks primed be a difference maker on the Canucks’ AHL affiliate.

The bar has been set high. P.K.’s smooth skating, puck skills and competitive desire are complemented well by a magnetic personality off the ice.

Due to their different roles and a more reserved demeanor, Malcolm is rarely compared to P.K. Jordan, on the other hand — whom P.K. claimed in a 2014 interview with New Yorker magazine is “going to be the best of all us” — lines up at the same position, shoots the same way and sports a similar playing style.

“We’re brothers. We’re not the Sedins, we’re not twins,” said Jordan, who is six years younger and roughly four inches shorter than P.K. “He’s doing what he’s doing and he’s doing a great job. I’m happy for him and I want to hopefully get to that level.”