Over 20 years ago, the New York Islanders traded away star winger Ziggy Palffy to the Los Angeles Kings. There was nothing wrong with Palffy's play, he was a great winger who was scoring well over a point-per-game in the three seasons leading up to the trade.
Through the 1995-96 season to 1998-99 season, Palffy played 293 games for the Isles and scored 314 points. During that stretch, he had three 40+ goal seasons including a 48 goal season in 1996-97 that ranked him as the fifth-highest goal-scorer in the NHL that season.