Trying to predict or anticipate Lou Lamoriello’s hiring decisions can be a bit of a fool’s game since the wily executive is both notoriously tight-lipped about his thought process and known, at times, for outside-the-box thinking.
So while there was immediate speculation on Tuesday regarding potential candidates to be the next Islanders coach after Lamoriello, the president of hockey operations and now general manager, relieved GM Garth Snow and coach Doug Weight of their duties, there’s no guarantee any of the mentioned names will be considered.
Not even Lamoriello’s past — he was the Maple Leafs GM the past three seasons and the Devils president/GM from 1987-2015 — provides a definitive template for what type of coach he might be seeking.