Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pa1997 NHL Entry Draft, Luongo akasarudzwa mumutambo wokutanga, wechina wose, neNew York Islanders. Sarudzo iyi pakutanga yaive yeToronto Maple Leafs asi yakatengeswa kuIslanders mukutsinhana naWendel Clark, Mathieu Schneider naD. J. Smith. Panguva yekunyorwa, Luongo ndiye akanga ari muchengeti wepamusoro-soro akasarudzwa munhoroondo yeNHL, achipfuura Tom Barrasso, John Davidson, uye Ray Martynuik's fifth overall selections muna 1983, 1973, uye 1970 (kusarudzwa kwaLuongo kwakazopfuurwa naRick DiPietro's first overall selection neIslanders muna 2000
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