I doubt New York Islanders GM Lou Lamoriello cares that he wasn’t named as a finalist for GM of the Year. He’s already in the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder. Not winning an award that was created ten years ago isn’t going to phase him. His legacy in the game has already been cemented.
But, Lou Lamoriello deserves to be a finalist for this award. Matt O’Leary talked about how Lou compares to the field of finalists this year. Carolina’s Don Waddell has a strong claim for the award, but St Louis’s Doug Armstrong and Boston’s Don Sweeney have much weaker cases than Lou Lamoriello.