The 25th pick in this year’s NHL Draft has been on a bit of a journey.The story starts at last year’s trade deadline. The pick originally belonged to the Lightning, but they traded it to the Kraken in a deal for Oliver Bjorkstrand and Yanni Gourde. The pick stayed with the Kraken until this weekend, when they shipped it to the Panthers for Mackie Samoskevich. We didn’t realize it at the time, but the Panthers had something even bigger in mind, flipping the pick to the Senators a few hours later in the Brady Tkachuk blockbuster. Now we wait to see if Ottawa uses the pick or moves it again for immediate help.Not a bad story for one pick. And I’ll be honest, I kind of love it when this happens. Some picks have lived a full life before they’re ever actually used to draft a player. I remember as a kid being fascinated that the biggest trade of 1992, the Eric Lindros blockbuster, and the biggest of 1994, Mats Sundin for Wendel Clark, both involved the same pick, one that started off in Philadelphia before heading to Quebec, then Toronto, and ultimately on to Washington (where it was used on Nolan Baumgartner, who played just 143 NHL games).Today, let’s go back through the cap era and see if we can find some picks that have stories to tell. We’ll set the bar high, looking for picks that changed hands at least four times. We’ll rely on the invaluable Pro Sports Transactions database and see where this takes us.Is Viggo Bjorck the best center in the NHL Draft?Corey Pronman, Scott Wheeler and moreOrigin of a rat: Pick 98, 2006How it started: Originally, the Bruins’ fourth-rounder.But then: With trading just having reopened after the end of the lockout in August 2005, the Bruins sent the pick to the Oilers for Brad Isbister.But then: Roughly four weeks later, the Oilers sent the pick back to the Bruins in exchange for Yan Stastny. Why didn’t the two teams just trade Isbister for Stastny directly? Look, we were all just happy to have hockey back, don’t overthink it.But then: On the draft floor, the Bruins sent this pick and a fifth to the Islanders for a third, which they then used on some kid named Brad Marchand.But then: The Islanders flipped the pick to the Sharks, moving down ten spots and adding a sixth. By the way, all that wheeling and dealing ended with the Islanders passing on Marchand to draft Shane Sims, Jase Weslosky and Stefan Ridderwall, a trio that combined to play one NHL game. Did this have anything to do with the Islanders immediately replacing their GM with their backup goalie? Hard to say.And in the end: The Sharks took James Delory, who didn’t play in the NHL.A barnburner: Pick 73, 2008How it started: This was the Oilers’ third-rounder.But then: At the 2007 deadline, the Oilers sent this pick and Marc-Andre Bergeron to the Islanders for Denis Grebeshkov, a young defenseman who was playing overseas after a contract dispute.But then: Later that summer, the Oilers reacquired the pick from the Islanders along with Allan Rourke in exchange for a second. That turned out great for the Islanders, who used the second on Travis Hamonic. As for the Oilers, it was kind of weird to see a team pay a premium to reacquire their own pick, which made you wonder if they needed it for an … oh no.But then: The Oilers were indeed getting their own pick back so that they could use it in an offer sheet. They did a few weeks later, targeting Anaheim’s Dustin Penner. The offer sheet was successful, meaning this pick plus a first and second went to the Ducks as compensation.In other words: Yes, this is the draft pick that almost led to a barn fight.But then: Midway through the 2007-08 season, the Ducks sent the pick to the Islanders for … Marc-Andre Bergeron. As in, the same guy from the first transaction. Does this make Bergeron the only player to ever have been traded both with and for the same draft pick? I’m honestly not sure, but check back in August for my 4,500-word investigative report.And in the end: The Islanders used the pick on Russian winger Kirill Petrov, who never played in the NHL.A six-pack: Pick 26, 2009How it started: This late-round first originally belonged to the Sharks.But then: San Jose sent the pick to Tampa as part of the Dan Boyle blockbuster during the 2008 offseason.But then: Later that summer, Tampa sent the pick to Ottawa as part of the Andrej Meszaros trade that also brought Filip Kuba to Ottawa.