The same thing Lou Lamoriello was most proud of about this year’s Islanders team is the same thing the players better be prepared for when training camp opens in September.
“Extremely proud, for a lot of different reasons. I think the receptiveness they had to change,” the first-year team president said during Monday’s breakup day on Long Island. “You can either challenge change or you can embrace it. They embraced it.”
Well, the changes are more than likely going to keep coming, as there are a handful of impact players from this year’s team that exited in a second-round sweep at the hands of the Hurricanes who are entering free agency.