Bill Torrey’s top 10 moves as Islanders general manager:
1. Drafting and signing Denis Potvin in 1973. With the rival World Hockey Association competing hard for talent, Torrey convinced the greatest player in junior hockey to buy into Long Island by trading for his brother, Jean. Torrey also resisted enticing trade offers from the Canadiens. Potvin became the Islanders cornerstone.
2. The Butch Goring Deal. Rarely in sports history has one trade instantly changed the fortunes and future of a franchise as the one Torrey completed with the Kings before the 1980 deadline.
3. Drafting Bryan Trottier in 1974.