Butch Goring

But what I didn't realize, I was right about the Ian Turnbull trade.

He came to Toronto for Ian Turnbull, but I didn't realize that he went from the Islanders to the Kings in the Butch Goring deal.

Holy.

The deal which was sort of like the final cornerstone of putting together that Islanders dynasty.

Maybe it does not.

One other quick thing to mention as we close out this episode, the Kings did unveil before their home opener, a new king's hall of fame uh it's a display that they have in the corridor crypto.com arena it's right next to the team la store they've got a like a glass display there with a lot of memorabilia that spans the king's 60 years in the nhl they also have a new king's hall of fame that includes former players and other people uh andre kopitar wayne gretzky luke robitaille Rob Blake, Rogi Vachon, Dustin Brown, Dave Taylor, Marcel Dion, Butch Goring, all players that are now inducted into this new Kings Hall of Fame, which they didn't have before.

Also in there, Kings legendary broadcaster Bob Miller and former longtime Kings trainer Pete Demers.

Some of them were on hand for the ceremony, and they also announced that there's going to be a committee of former players, executives, and media people that will select future LA Kings Hall of Famers that will be included in that Kings Hall of Fame.

I mean, we know John Tavares left the Islanders and gosh, I go to the games now and Nobody has Tavares above 91.

Now, 91 is retired now for Butch Goring, but nobody has on a Tavares jersey.

If you don't want to be in the city that you're a fan of, they almost want to burn your jersey.

And we've seen fans do that, burn jerseys.

And, and this only goes back to 2009, 'cause I don't have any idea from, like, before 2009 who may be the Molson Index.

Okay, so I mean, I don't know, maybe, maybe Butch Goring actually leads it.

But, but since 2009, no shot you know who leads, leads- Is it a for- is it a forward or a defenseman? It's a forward.

Okay.

So he's, he's on a pretty good run.

We saw Butch Goring, speaking of good runs-

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... four-time Cup winner with the New York Islanders.

... shows some flashes

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if I ask about that Butch Goring thing again? You were talking about-

What, what about-

The team picked up speed in the later 70s, and as the 1980s began, so too did their dominance.

With players like Brian Troche, Butch Goring, Clark Gillies, Bob Nystrom, Mike Bossy, and Billy Smith in net, the Islanders rolled through the playoffs that year, reaching the finals for the first time in their history.

They would then go on to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers to win the Stanley Cup.

They won the Cup again in 1981, and then again in 1982.