About mid-day on Tuesday, Islanders Country began to erupt with news that change was afoot at last.
Reasonable people (there are a few out there) can debate strengths and weaknesses and when exactly Lou Lamoriello lost the plot, but it’s hard to argue that the last two seasons (or more) were anything beyond a low-imagination, misplaced-priorities failure.
The guy who took over the helm proclaiming, “The goal is not just to compete, the goal is to win” spent multiple seasons fielding rosters that needed mad late-season surges just to be in the “compete” bubble. Worse, fans could see those low ceilings from preseason.