Chris Kunitz went undrafted, but the Ontarian made a name for himself at small Ferris State and took them to their first NCAA Tournament and an Elite 8 appearance. The Ducks signed him in 2003, where he played 21 Games, but the NHL lockout prevented him from doing anything of note the year after.

Ryan Kesler cut his teeth with the Vancouver Canucks, where he was one of the best defensive forwards, winning a Frank J. Selke Trophy in 2010-11.  Kesler was dealt to the Anaheim Ducks after the 2013-14 Season, where he has remained a premier defensive forward.

Traded from the Ottawa Senators after his rookie season, Jakob Silfverberg played the ten years after with Anaheim, where the Left Wing proved valuable on the defensive side of the ice.

The professional career of Oleg Tverdocsky began at age 18 with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, the team that took him with the Second Overall Pick in 1994.  The Ukrainian Defenseman was not with his original NHL team for long, as they traded him to Winnipeg as part of the megadeal that landed them Teemu Selanne.  But he would be back!