Martin Gélinas Martin Gélinas ( born June 5 , 1970 ) is a former professional forward and the current director of player development with the Nashville Predators . Playing career . Gelinas made a splash in 1987 – 88 with the Hull Olympiques of the QMJHL with a 63 - goal , 131 - point campaign . His season made him the CHL Rookie of the Year and the seventh overall choice by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft . His Kings career was short lived , however , as he was part of the infamous deal that also sent Jimmy Carson , and the Kings ' s first round choices in 1989 , 1991 and 1993 Entry Drafts and cash for Wayne Gretzky , Mike Krushelnyski and Marty McSorley on August 9 , 1988 . He played six games for the Oilers in 1988 , before being sent back to the Olympiques . In his first full season in 1989 – 90 , Gelinas had 25 points in 46 games , and won his only Stanley Cup as a member of the Oilers , beating the Boston Bruins . Along with Joe Murphy and Adam Graves , he was made up a popular Oilers ' forward line known as ' The Kid Line . ' His Oilers career was a bit of a letdown , however , and his best season was a 40 point effort in 1990 – 91 . He was traded to the Quebec Nordiques during the 1993 NHL Entry Draft for Scott Pearson , and he lasted only 31 games for Quebec before being claimed on waivers by the Vancouver Canucks . The move proved to be a good one for the Canucks , as Gelinas was a factor in the Canucks ' 1994 postseason run . Though they lost in the Stanley Cup Finals to the New York Rangers in 7 games , Gelinas himself had an opportunity to force overtime late in the deciding game . With Ranger goaltender Mike Richter at his mercy , Gelinas wristed the puck into the post , coming within an inch or two of tying the game . He had a strong career in Vancouver during his four year tenure there . His best season came in 1996 – 97 when he scored 35 goals and 68 points , highlighted by a four - goal game , and being voted the team ' s Most Valuable Player after the season . However , a slow start the next season due to injury made him expendable to the Canucks , and the fan favorite was traded along with goaltender Kirk McLean to the Carolina Hurricanes on January 3 , 1998 . The move was part of a general ' house - cleaning ' of fan favorites done by then - de facto general manager Mike Keenan , a pattern of his over the years with several NHL teams . His Hurricanes career lasted four and a half seasons , and he was a role player who was primarily relied on for his penalty killing . His best season on the Hurricanes came in 2001 – 02 with 52 points , but his most memorable moment with the franchise came in the 2002 playoffs , when Gelinas scored the game - winning goal in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals over the Toronto Maple Leafs , giving the Hurricanes their first - ever Stanley Cup Finals appearance . Their run ended after losing in five games to the Detroit Red Wings . He signed as a free agent with the Calgary Flames after the season ended . Gelinas proved to be a bargain in his first season in Calgary . He notched 52 points and was one of the best players for the team that season . However , he would be the factor for another underdog team in 2004 . The Flames entered that season missing the playoffs for seven straight seasons . They had a strong season that included efforts from longtime star Jarome Iginla and new goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff . The postseason proved that Gelinas could perform in the clutch , as he scored the series - clinching goal in each of the playoff series leading to the Stanley Cup Finals . Gelinas may have scored a go - ahead goal in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals with the Flames leading 3 – 2 in the series , but the shot , which deflected off Gelinas ' skate onto Lightning goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin ' s pad , went unreviewed and play was allowed to continue with no goal awarded . Gelinas is almost unique in NHL history , having scored three playoff series - clinching goals in the same year ( the only other player to do so was Ken Linseman ) , two of them in overtime . In fact , had his now dubbed " Phantom Goal " in the overtime of Game Six in the Finals not been disallowed by the referee , Gelinas would have scored all four series - clinching goals that year . Thanks to his clutch play , the Flames not only proved critics wrong by making the postseason and earning a Finals berth for the first time in 15 years , but also earning the unofficial moniker , " The Eliminator " . Gelinas is one of the few players to have reached the Stanley Cup Finals with four different teams , having a major impact in every one of them . During the locked - out 2004 – 05 season , Gelinas played in the Nationalliga A ( Switzerland ) for HC Lugano and Morges . On August 2 , 2005 , Gelinas agreed to a two - year , $ 1 . 9 million deal to play for the Florida Panthers . While Florida missed the playoffs in both years Gelinas was with them , he proved to be one of their consistent and dependable players , having played all 164 regular season games over the two seasons and scoring over 40 points in both seasons as well . On July 26 , 2007 , Gelinas signed a one - year , $ 1 . 25 million deal with the Nashville Predators . The Predators made the playoffs that season , however Gelinas missed 25 games and the Predators ' first round series in which they lost to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings . On November 3 , 2008 , Gelinas signed a two - week tryout contract to with the Nationalliga A ' s SC Bern . Gelinas stuck with the club and played 27 games , scoring 15 goals and 22 points in those games .