Just under 12 hours before the NHL’s roster freeze went into effect, Lou Lamoriello smiled at a question about the chatter around the league.
“The reason I’ve got a little smile, are you talking the chatter of you people?” Lamoriello asked a reporter. “No negativity, but I don’t read your chatter. But I hear it’s humorous.”“It’s all facts,” he said. “I think that, when you get close to deadlines, you get a hype that’s different, and all the conversations come to a conclusion because you have to make a decision at that time. Those conversations and interactions are ongoing constantly.
“You’re certainly as good as your last performance, and I certainly like the way our team played in Las Vegas,” Lamoriello said. “I thought we handled each and every situation the way you had to handle it. That’s an excellent hockey team. We played well.”As for coach Lane Lambert, Lamoriello kept his review positive as well.
Despite Saturday’s win over Vegas, the Islanders have seen their results dip recently. That victory halted a four-game losing streak — their longest of the season — and a combination of injuries and inconsistent play has seen them drop onto the playoff bubble.With a little under three months until the March 3 deadline, it’s clear the Islanders need some help, particularly on the wing, where they’ve gotten mostly inconsistent performances.
The injury issues the Islanders have suffered of late are hurting their projections for cap space available at the trade deadline. After bringing up Cory Schneider on emergency recall, that number had dropped to $8.8 million, per CapFriendly, though it is subject to change once the injuries sort themselves out.
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