Lou Lamoriello, as you would expect, provided the most-tired and vague explanation possible for why he canned Barry Trotz last week.
“I believe that this group of players needs a new voice,” the Islanders‘ front office czar said.
Lamoriello has found him. And the search did not have to cover much ground.
The Isles have promoted assistant Lane Lambert to the big chair. He was Trotz’s associate coach the last four seasons and was also with him on the bench in Washington when the Capitals won the Stanley Cup.