THE New York Icelanders shocked the world or shocking the system because they announced that they go from the president and managing director of the Lou Lamoriello team.
#Isles NEWS: The Organization of New York Icelanders announced today that Lou Lamoriello's contract as President and Managing Director will not be renewed. To count immediately, the operational partner John Collins will head research to find the next managing director.
– New York Islanders (@Nyislanders) April 22, 2025
As Part of the press releaseThe Organization of New York Islanders has announced that operational partner John Collins will run research to find the next managing director.
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The Icelanders make a GM change as Lou Lamoriello will not be brought back #isles pic.twitter.com/nsqwgbc6fz
– Jim Birger (@bimburger) April 22, 2025
The Icelanders GM Lou Lamoriello should have done more on the deadline
It was just a matter of time before the Icelanders made this decision on Lamoriello. According to sources close to the RG mediaIn December, the Islanders envisaged a change in the GM position of the last season. But the only thing that saved his work was the appearance in the playoffs.
“There were people inside the organization who wanted Lamoriello to be released before the start of last season but which was exceeded,” has a The source told RG. “He saved his work with the appearance in the playoffs.”
However, this was not the case this season. The New York Icelanders did not succeed in the playoffs. Although they were in the running, they fell with a few weeks in the season. According to Dave Pagnotta of the fourth periodLamoriello was informed of this decision towards the end of the year. During this section, the Islanders fell in the running.
The writing was on the wall with regard to Lamoriello and the Icelanders. He has not improved the offensively team. Without forgetting, there were frictions between head coach Patrick Roy and Lamoriello. Roy made subtle comments and open to the list he had to train. Pierre Engvall is one of them. Without forgetting, there was an aging bottom bottom.
There have been three coach changes since 2018 and two in the past two seasons. While the team reached the consecutive finals of the Eastern Conference in 2020 and 2021, it was at the time of the bubbles. The season was shorter and the Icelanders, which are older, rested and the season was not as exhausting as today.
Lou Lamoriello has done a lot of good work during his time as GM NHL. But most was during the pre-Salar cap. He did not show that he can operate in a world of post-square cap. And it showed by some of the players he caused following the trips to the final of the Eastern Conference.
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Lamoriello's hope was just to enter and see what's going on. However, this cannot work all the time. While he obtained good transport for BROCK Nelson On the NHL trade deadline, there were other players he needed to move and did not do so. As Kyle Palmeri And Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
It will be interesting to see how they browse in the contracts for Palmieri, Adam Boqvist,, Noah DobsonAnd Alexander Romanov Move forward.
There will be a length GM search that will start, directed by Collins. It will be interesting to see in which direction they are going with regard to their GM. More about this at another time. However, the Islanders will look very different next season, because the Lou Lamoriello era is on the island.
While people are in shock, the time had come, because the organization said it needed a new voice in the future.
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