Noah Dobson skates during Islanders Rookie Camp at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow on Sept. 8, 2019. Photo Credit: James Escher
Lou Lamoriello knows exactly where Noah Dobson’s development would best be served this season. Problem is, at 19, the Islanders’ prized defense prospect is not eligible to play in the AHL with Bridgeport.
The Islanders president and general manager said he believes that eligibility rule will be changed in the next collective bargaining agreement. But Dobson took the ice in East Meadow on Friday for the first day of on-ice training camp practices knowing he was either going to earn a spot on the Islanders’ opening-night roster or be returned to his Quebec Major Junior Hockey League squad.