The islanders answered the most important question that hung on the franchise on Tuesday by letting the general manager Lou Lamoriello out after seven seasons in charge.
The first question for those who replace it will be what to do with training and hockey operations staff.
Coach Patrick Roy, attendees John Maclean, Tommy Albelin and Benoit Desrosiers, as well as general managers attendees Steve Pellegrini and Chris Lamoriello, are effective in Limbo at this time.
A team spokesman confirmed to the publication that the plan is for Roy and the rest of the hockey operations staff to meet with the new GM when some are hired and range from there.
Roy’s record as chief coach has been, at best, mixed.
The energy injection he brought a year ago helped the islanders reach the playoffs, but their first full season behind the bank failed to carry that, with a record of 35-35-12 and an end of the season implosion.
Roy directed an energetic training camp, but then said he wanted to have spent more time in special teams, and the islanders ended up 31 ° league wide both at power and penalty.
Signing Anthony Duclair in the free agency, it is believed that Roy greatly influenced, also failed spectacularly, with Duclair hurt five games in the season and taking a personal license “refer to intimacy and Inuria and Inuria-A. Ask his effort.
It is not clear if Roy will have to interview for the role of GM, he thought it would certainly not be surprising if Hey was given the opportunity to declare his case.
Roy trained while maintaining the vice president of Hockey Operations Work with Avalanche, but the dichotomy between him and the other decision maker, the other by the club, taken to his resignation to his resignation.
Roy said when hired by the islanders who since then realized that it is impossible to make a main office and a chief coach work simultaneously in the NHL, and that he had no interest that influences the staff.
Even so, Roy is nothing if he does not trust his skills, and it is not known that his attitude has changed about a transfer to the main office.
From a Machiavellian perspective, becoming GM would also guarantee Roy’s job security, since he could hire a new chief coach instead of being forced to interview to maintain his work.
That said, Roy’s curriculum does not necessarily imply that he is ready to assume a role of this magnitude.
Outside the Junior level QUBEC highlights, it has never had exclusive authority in hockey operations, so making it the general manager would be equivalent to a massive property swing.
