The Lamoriello-fication of the New York Islanders continues apace, with the team announcing that Steve Pellegrini has joined as an assistant general manager. Pellegrini, who worked alongside Lou Lamoriello with the New Jersey Devils beginning in 2006, moves from the Devils to reunite with Lou and Lou’s son, Chris, who is also an (incumbent) assistant general manager with the Islanders.
With the Devils, Pellegrini worked on “contract negotiation/salary arbitration preparation, collective bargaining agreement/salary cap compliance, scheduling and scouting,” and prior to that he worked with the league office’s Central Registry Department (1998-2006), serving on the league’s CBA negotiating committee and assisting on CBA rules and regulation enforcement.