from Eric Stephens of the OC Register,

It is indeed a new day for Kevin Bieksa. New city, new colors, new coaches, new teammates.

Ah, new teammates. Once he was traded to the Ducks and promptly signed a two-year contract extension with his new team, Bieksa received well wishes from franchise bedrocks Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry – with whom he had numerous run-ins on the ice for a decade.

And when Bieksa went out to dine with Perry and Ryan Kesler, his teammate-turned-foe-turned-teammate again, the three of them couldn’t ignore the delicious slice of irony in front of them.

So what happens when three proud and fierce combatants gather socially?

“That was weird at first but after a while, we were just kind of laughing about it all and saying who would have thought that me, Kes and Perry would be sitting at a table having a drink together,” Bieksa said Friday as the Ducks officially opened their training camp at Anaheim Ice.

“That’s the way it is and I think it’s pretty seamless.”

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