Lou Lamoriello calls out Islanders’ disappointing forwards
Lou Lamoriello made clear on Monday that he nonetheless believes the Islanders can win with their workforce as at present constructed.
However he did put his ahead group on discover.
“That’s the place we’ve definitely underproduced this 12 months, thus far, the truth is, I'd say upset with what has transpired there,” the Islanders GM stated on a convention name following the commerce deadline. “And we’ll see the place our forwards are at from now till the tip of the 12 months.”
Although the Islanders have produced extra of late — specifically, Kyle Palmieri, who struggled massively till mid-February — the workforce is twenty fourth in per-game scoring, a reality largely behind their middling file in a 12 months the place they had been imagined to contend for the Stanley Cup.
Lamoriello stated the workforce’s goaltending could be “very troublesome to enhance on” with Ilya Sorokin and Semyon Varlamov in internet, the workforce having determined in opposition to transferring the latter — whose contract expires after subsequent season — on the deadline. Defensively, he stated the group feels good about its youthful gamers, however might add “a sure kind of participant.”
Zdeno Chara and Andy Greene, who're 45 and 39, respectively, have expiring contracts after the season, and it will make sense for the Islanders to go after a left-handed defenseman over the summer season if their wage cap state of affairs permits for it.
Retaining Varlamov, Lamoriello stated, needed to do with each his personal play and Sorokin’s development. Each natives of Russia, Varlamov and Sorokin get alongside properly.
“All people is at all times searching for goaltenders,” Lamoriello stated. “And also you don’t hand over a goaltender to make one other place higher and make a much bigger gap. You can also make all of the splashes on the planet however it's a must to have a look at the massive image and never at the moment however tomorrow which comes in a short time.”
After the workforce signed Cal Clutterbuck and Zach Parise to extensions on Monday, it’s unlikely the Islanders will go into the summer season with a lot cap room, however that gained’t cease Lamoriello from making an attempt to enhance the workforce.
“We'll make no matter room we've to make,” he stated. “And I believe what you’re listening to is that we've to see the place our gamers are at and that no participant is solidified in something.”
Chara and Greene had been each logical candidates to maneuver on Monday, however Lamoriello stated the 2 requested to stay with the Islanders if doable. Since Lamoriello couldn’t get a high-end asset in return for both, he honored their needs.
“Each have been extraordinarily vital within the improvement of Noah Dobson,” Lamoriello stated. “And will definitely be an asset going ahead serving to proper now with the maturity of the place we're as a bunch.”
Requested a few potential new contract for head coach Barry Trotz, whose deal expires on the finish of the 2022-23 season, Lamoriello declined to remark, calling it “a query for the longer term.”
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