Lou Lamoriello, currently encamped in Los Angeles as part of the John Tavares contract pitch festival, certainly liked the eight players the Islanders selected over the seven rounds of the NHL Draft, Friday and Saturday.
And the Islanders president certainly knows much more needs to be done, whether or not Tavares ultimately opts to re-sign or leave via unrestricted free agency when the market opens on July 1. There’s still a No. 1 goalie to acquire, with the Senators’ Craig Anderson or the Red Wings’ Jimmy Howard possibilities, and a need for NHL-ready defensemen.
“I think that’s an ongoing process,” Lamoriello said on Saturday afternoon in Dallas.