You couldn’t have dreamed of a better start to such a pivotal offseason than the one the New York Islanders had. First was the big move of bringing in Lou Lamoriello to take over hockey operations. From there, Lou relived GM Garth Snow and head coach Doug Weight of their duties.
Lou then went out and hired Barry Trotz fresh off his Stanley Cup victory. The Isles finally have a head coach with actual coaching experience. The Capitals were one of the premier teams in the league under Trotz and his defensive style of coaching is desperately what this team needs.