Lou Lamoriello will not return to the New York Islanders as President and Managing Director.
The Icelanders said in a statement that the 82 -year contract would not be renewed.
Operational partner John Collins will run research to find the next GM.
“The Icelanders sincerely thank Lou Lamoriello for his extraordinary commitment in the past seven years,” the team said in a statement. “His dedication to the team is consistent with their career at the renowned temple.”
Lamoriello was with the Islanders for seven seasons. Its 1,470 victories as GM of the Devils of New Jersey, Maple Leafs and Icelanders of Toronto are second in the history of the NHL behind David Poile (1,533). The 325 eliminatory games of the Lamoriello Stanley Cup are the most by any GM of the NHL and its 172 victories are second in 187 by Glen Sather.
New York made the playoffs five times since Lamoriello was hired on May 22, 2018, including the third round in 2020 and 2021, losing match 7 of the Stanley 2021 1-0 Cup semi-final at Tampa Bay Lightning. He lost the first round of the Eastern Conference in 2024 in five games against the Hurricanes of Carolina, a year after losing in six against the same opponent.
The Icelanders (35-35-12) were eliminated from affirmations of the playoffs with a defeat of 4-3 at the philadelphia flyers hunting shots on April 12. They finished sixth in the metropolitan division, and 31st on the power game (72.2%) and a penalty (72.2%).
Potential free agents without restriction include attackers Kyle Palmieri, Matt Martin and Hudson Fasching, and defender Tony Deangelo and Mike Reilly. Forward Maxim Tsyplakov, Simon Holmstrom and Marc Gatcomb, and defenders Noah Dobson, Alexander Romanov, Adam Boqvist and Scott Perunovich can become restricted free agents on July 1.
Brock Nelson, a pending UFA, was exchanged at the Colorado avalanche on March 6, an agreement that returned Forward Calum Ritchie, a first round choice in the NHL 2026 or 2027 draft and a third round choice in 2028. Cole Eiserman, chose n ° 20 in the draft of the NHL 2024, led to 36 points (25 Goals, 11 assilists) in 39 Freshman games at the University of Boston and helped the Bosto Terriers reached the NCAA championship match, a defeat of 6-2 against western Michigan.
Lamoriello became coach of the male hockey team from his Alma Mater, Providence College, in 1968 and appointed sports director in 1982. He was the first Hockey East commissioner, a position he held from 1984 until the president of Devils was the president and GM in 1987. 1995, 2000 and 2003. Jobs from 1997 to 2010, was 1,093-759-179 (109 links) in the regular season and 136-116 in the playoffs.
Lamoriello resulted in the Devils for 50 games in 2005-06 (32-14-34) and the last three games of the 2006-07 season, with the New Jersey qualifying for the playoffs in each of them. He left the Devils on July 23, 2015, after 28 years and was appointed director general of the Maple Leafs the same day. His Toronto teams went 118-95-33 in three seasons and improved each season, won the LNH 2016 NHL recovery lottery and used choice No. 1 on Auston Matthews. The Maple Leafs announced on April 30, 2018, that Lamoriello would not come back, but he remained main advisor before joining the Icelanders.
Lamoriello was GM of the American team who won the Hockey World Cup in 1996 and played at the Nagano Olympic Games in 1998. He was inducted into the renowned hockey temple as a manufacturer in 2009 and the Temple of Hockey in the United States three years later. He also played a decisive role in the opening of the UBS Arena from the 2021-22 season.
