When Barry Trotz was hired by Lou Lamoriello to be the 17th different head coach of the New York Islanders, two questions sprung straight to everyone’s minds: a) this meant that John Tavares had to stay, right?; and b) was he bringing along his two most loyal assistants, Lane Lambert and Mitch Korn?
The answer to a), we know, was no. But b) turned out to be quite the uplifting yes. Lambert, an assistant under Trotz since 2011, followed his boss to Long Island only two weeks behind him. Korn, the “goalie whisperer” and the more coveted of the two assistants, seemingly took a bit more convincing to join the organization, but did so on July 26, taking on the role of Director of Goaltending.