What will Lou do?
The NHL trade deadline is Feb. 25 and Lou Lamoriello’s Islanders lead the Metropolitan Division and barreling toward their first playoff berth since 2016.
And while the trade market might be colored by the last-place Senators — who could move center Matt Duchene and/or Mark Stone as top-end rentals —or the Blue Jackets — who could dangle playmaker Artemi Panarin and/or goalie Sergie Bobrovsky — all eyes in the NHL are on the wily and secretive Lamoriello to see how aggressive he will be in his first season as Islanders’ president of hockey operations and general manager.