New York Islander Noah Dobson with the puck against the Seattle Kraken during 2nd. period at the UBS Arena on Wed. Feb. 2, 2022. Errol Anderson Credit: Errol Anderson
Lou Lamoriello hates the word "potential" when it comes to assessing younger players.
It came up when the Islanders president and general manager was asked, during a recent private interview with Newsday and one other traveling media outlet, to assess the play of his younger players, such as Oliver Wahlstrom, Kieffer Bellows, defensemen Noah Dobson, Sebastian Aho and Robin Aho and goalie Ilya Sorokin (and if Sorokin isn’t the team’s MVP, then it’s Dobson).