For the first time since 1995, the New York Islanders entered the trade deadline with a general manager not named Mike Milbury or Garth Snow. Yet, this deadline felt eerily similar to those in years’ past, if not because the Islanders didn’t do anything at all.
On Monday, when the clock finally hit zero, the Islanders had yet to make a move. Twenty minutes later, Lou Lamoriello addressed the media and confirmed that the Islanders, indeed, had decided to stay put at the deadline.
“We weren’t going to sacrifice our plan here…” said Lamoriello, who joined the organization this summer.