The New York Islanders held a telephone conference call for media with new president of hockey operations Lou Lamoriello on Tuesday afternoon. Lamoriello dialed in and took questions, giving answers you’d mostly expect about what’s next for him in the role.
He’s going to evaluate things and knows it’s a short time frame with the draft a month away and free agency soon to follow, but he wasn’t tipping his hand and said he’d be speaking with everyone. He did shed a little light on the timeline of the Islanders ownership contacting Leafs ownership to get permission to invite him over.