When the New York Islanders acquired Felix Potvin from Toronto in January of 1999, they were hoping to get a reliable NHL backup to help Tommy Salo. Little did they know his trade would lead to a dark period in Islanders history.
Oh. He also probably didn’t know that the Islanders and then Super Genius/General Manager Mike Milbury would trade Tommy Salo to the Edmonton Oilers just two months later.
It’s not like Felix the Cat was a hot-shot goalie in his own right. In the season before coming to the Islanders, 1997-98, Potvin had a 2.