OK, so I had to show some excitement...LOL
The Boston Bruins have agreed to terms with goaltender Felix Potvin on a one-year contract, it was announced today by Bruins General Manager Mike O?Connell. In keeping with club policy, terms of the contract were not announced. Potvin was an unrestricted free agent.
?Felix has been a solid NHL goaltender for a number of years,? said O?Connell. ?He?s won playoff rounds and he gives us another veteran with experience.?
Potvin, 32, enters his 13th professional season and Boston becomes his fifth NHL team. He was drafted by Toronto as their second pick, 31st overall, in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft and split his first pro season between Toronto and their AHL affiliate in St. John?s in 1991-92. He spent most of the 1992-93 season with the Maple Leafs and finished third in the balloting for the Calder Trophy as the league?s rookie of the year and fourth in voting for the Vezina Trophy as the league?s top goaltender
with a 25-15-7 record and league-best 2.50 goals against average in 48 games. Following six-plus seasons in Toronto, he went to the NY Islanders in January, 1999 in a multi-player deal also involving Bryan Berard, played parts of two seasons with the Islanders before a December, 1999 multi-player trade to Vancouver and played parts of two seasons with the Canucks until going to Los Angeles for future considerations on February 15, 2001.
The Boston Bruins have agreed to terms with goaltender Felix Potvin on a one-year contract, it was announced today by Bruins General Manager Mike O?Connell. In keeping with club policy, terms of the contract were not announced. Potvin was an unrestricted free agent.
?Felix has been a solid NHL goaltender for a number of years,? said O?Connell. ?He?s won playoff rounds and he gives us another veteran with experience.?
Potvin, 32, enters his 13th professional season and Boston becomes his fifth NHL team. He was drafted by Toronto as their second pick, 31st overall, in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft and split his first pro season between Toronto and their AHL affiliate in St. John?s in 1991-92. He spent most of the 1992-93 season with the Maple Leafs and finished third in the balloting for the Calder Trophy as the league?s rookie of the year and fourth in voting for the Vezina Trophy as the league?s top goaltender
with a 25-15-7 record and league-best 2.50 goals against average in 48 games. Following six-plus seasons in Toronto, he went to the NY Islanders in January, 1999 in a multi-player deal also involving Bryan Berard, played parts of two seasons with the Islanders before a December, 1999 multi-player trade to Vancouver and played parts of two seasons with the Canucks until going to Los Angeles for future considerations on February 15, 2001.
