Editing Roberto Luongo (section)

===New York Islanders (1999–2000)===
After his performance at the [[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1999 World Junior Championships]], Luongo was signed by the Islanders to a three-year, $2.775&nbsp;million contract on January 8, 1999.<ref name=NYTimes/> The [[1999–2000 AHL season|following season]], he made his professional debut with the [[Lowell Lock Monsters]], the Islanders' [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) affiliate. Early in the season, Luongo was called up to the Islanders on November 22, 1999, after a shoulder injury to back up [[Wade Flaherty]].<ref name=fuhr/> He made his NHL debut six days later on November 28, stopping 43 shots in a 2–1 win against the [[Boston Bruins]].<ref>{{vcite news |title=Isles Rookie Stifles Bruins |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/isles-rookie-stifles-bruins/ |work=[[CBS News]] |date=November 28, 1999 |access-date=April 21, 2008 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103195533/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/28/archive/main72069.shtml }}</ref> Luongo's early performances solidified him as the Islanders' starting goaltender over veteran [[Félix Potvin]].<ref name=fuhr/> Nearly a month after Luongo's debut in New York, Potvin was traded to the [[Vancouver Canucks]] on December 19 in exchange for backup goaltender [[Kevin Weekes]].<ref>{{vcite news |title=Hockey; Weekes Sees Bright Side Of Trade to Islanders |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/21/sports/hockey-weekes-sees-bright-side-of-trade-to-islanders.html |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=December 21, 1999 |work=[[New York Times]] |accessdate=February 18, 2017 |archive-date=September 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915015121/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/21/sports/hockey-weekes-sees-bright-side-of-trade-to-islanders.html }}</ref> The next month, he recorded his first career NHL shutout in his eighth game, stopping 34 shots in a 3–0 victory over the Bruins on December 27.<ref>{{vcite news |title=Hockey; Isles Get on Winning Track With Luongo's First Shutout |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/28/sports/hockey-isles-get-on-winning-track-with-luongo-s-first-shutout.html |access-date=February 1, 2010 |date=December 28, 1999 |work=[[New York Times]] |accessdate=February 18, 2017 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220141342/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/28/sports/hockey-isles-get-on-winning-track-with-luongo-s-first-shutout.html }}</ref>

In January 2000, Luongo was publicly criticized by Islanders [[General manager (ice hockey)|general manager]] [[Mike Milbury]] for having gone looking for an apartment in New York on a game day before letting in seven goals to the [[Boston Bruins]].<ref name=apartment/> Milbury told the media, "You can't do that in the NHL. You have to prepare yourself." Luongo defended himself by saying he did not divert from his usual game day routine by looking at just one apartment.<ref name=apartment>{{vcite news|title=Isles' Luongo hoping to stop Milbury's shots|date=January 14, 2000|work=[[New York Daily News]]|author=Anthony McCarron}}</ref>

In the off-season, the Islanders selected goaltender [[Rick DiPietro]] with the first overall pick in the [[2000 NHL Entry Draft]]. DiPietro's selection supplanted Luongo as the highest-drafted goaltender in NHL history and the Islanders' goaltender of the future.<ref name=dipietro/> Consequently, Milbury traded Luongo to the [[Florida Panthers]] along with centre [[Olli Jokinen]] for winger [[Mark Parrish]] and centre [[Oleg Kvasha]] that same day on June 24, 2000.<ref name=dipietro>{{vcite news |title=Goalie goes first in NHL draft |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/goalie-goes-first-in-nhl-draft-1.199108 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |date=June 24, 2000 |work=[[CBC Sports]] |accessdate=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=December 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213093652/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/goalie-goes-first-in-nhl-draft-1.199108 }}</ref> The deal would later be seen to have disproportionately benefited the Panthers, as both Jokinen and Luongo would eventually develop into star players, in contrast to Parrish and Kvasha.<ref>{{vcite news |title=Islanders' GM Milbury Follows Coach Stirling Out the Door |url=http://www.nysun.com/sports/islanders-gm-milbury-follows-coach-stirling-out/25868/ |author=Kevin Greenstein |access-date=August 30, 2008 |date=January 13, 2006 |work=[[New York Sun]] |accessdate=August 30, 2008 |archive-date=January 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113153749/http://www.nysun.com/sports/islanders-gm-milbury-follows-coach-stirling-out/25868/ }}</ref> Later in his career, Luongo expressed surprise at the trade, saying that before the Islanders drafted DiPietro, he had believed the team was preparing to make him its starting goaltender for the upcoming season.<ref>{{vcite news |title=The Home Stretch |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/roberto-luongo-parkland-florida-panthers-big-read/ |access-date=December 22, 2019 |work=[[Sportsnet]] |author=Ryan Dixon |accessdate=December 22, 2019 |archive-date=December 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222223522/https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/roberto-luongo-parkland-florida-panthers-big-read/ }}</ref>