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Lamoriello Summary: 23 minutes

Full Update posted.
No prospect camp. Lamoriello going nowhere, will be back, health good. Will speak with Chris Lamoriello about Brent Thompson/Bridgeport staff. All preseason in Bridgeport, people who paid for 43 games, they owe you two games. Expect long road trip to open season. Will re-sign all RFA. Wants Palmieri back, interest mutual. Will do what he can with Cizikas.

Lamoriello Letter

New York Clean Up Day: 21 player interviews

NYIFC Comments:
The goal is the Stanley Cup, and some hard choices to get younger will be needed, the payroll is miles above the 1980's revenue streams. They did their best and some tough choices will be needed or this will be a veteran core that struggled badly during most of the 56 games with their scoring slumps and their on-ice road record. They showed a ton of heart to get past Pens/Bruins, and clearly Tampa had too many men on ice when they scored short-handed, and it also happened in game two. Problem with game seven? No goals, few shots. Felt like we were back in 2015 against Trotz Caps. It's time for some choices or Lamoriello will leave NY in the same spot Devils were larded in with too many over 30 contracts from declining players.
Dolan's Belmont has already suckered fans into buying two preseason games that will not be played at Belmont, which looks like no real fit-out has begun, and clearly the nine hundred workers 24/7 promised last October have not showed to date.
Camp opens in about 88 days (Sept 22nd), it does not seem the two prospects who are expected to graduate will be signed.

Game 7: Tampa 1, New York 0

Game Seven Notables

Final Stop Home Ice New York vs Montreal if they win game seven.

Game Six-TO THE CITY: NEW YORK 3, Tampa 2 Overtime

More Thursday.....enjoy.

Lamoriello GM of the Year-Again

"Winning an award such as this is very humbling," Lamoriello said. "It's very difficult because it shouldn't be one person being recognized. It's an award that really embraces what the organization has accomplished throughout the year. "I accept humbly on behalf of our owner, Scott Malkin, and his partners, who have given us over the past three years, every tool necessary to have success; our coaching staff, led by Barry Trotz; our players, led by our captain, Anders Lee; our entire hockey operations, led by Chris Lamoriello and Steve Pellegrini, my very capable assistants; and who really is the backbone of all of us, Joanne Holewa (manager, hockey operations)."

Game Five: To the Island 100 Percent......Tampa Bay 8, New York 0

Updated: Barzal did not get his well-deserved suspension.

Game 4: To The City...........New York 3, Tampa 2

Game Three: To the Island..........Tampa 2, New York 1

Long story short, 25 shots allowed is good, they grinded out a goal, but the better goalie/best player scored on his back, and Varlamov made some huge saves. NY was beaten at the game they used to play very well before these playoffs. Beauvillier carries scoring & he stopped, he's keyed so many wins. I think they have a problem here, unless they get some bounces because this team & that goalie are not going to rattle, and they are due for a big offensive game, and Varlamov's due for some soft goals.

Game Two................To The Island: Tampa 4, New York 2

Game One.........To the City: New York 2, Tampa 1

New York vs Tampa: Comments going in.........

Lamoriello/Trotz Press Conference

Fair to write we don't get these two men together at the same time often/ever, neither had a formal press conference when they were hired. Last time we saw management at the same table..........

Lamoriello Comments 6/10

New York Keeps Proving Themselves Wrong......

Of course I'm thrilled, if they get outshot 50-1, and win 1-0, it's a win.
Never run or hide from past entries. Called for a housecleaning at end of January when they had one of their many scoring slumps, Buffalo got pandemic, NY got a second training camp/restart. 0-17 in regulation againat Caps, Pens, Bruins on road during 56 games, scoring slumps continued, they beat one team for a full month in regulation from April through May, even losing to Buffalo. Playoffs began and 40 shot/75-80+ plus attempts by other team continued but they clawed to wins, would get a win via bounces around game four, be dominated in game five but steal a win, as opposition started getting, frustraded & banged up/tired before NY just burries them as they are due for their best game.

New York Advances To Semi-Finals: Dominating Win vs Bruins......

More Thursday. The better team won tonight, and deserved to advance.

Watch Trotz and Bergeron exchange kind words during handshakes.

New York Notables


So Anders Lee will be ready by September, and Dolan's Belmont will not be ready until November, as those 24/7 crews still have not shown up, wait until that LI crowd discovers you can't tailgate in a public park, and the days of free parking across from the Marriott are over for good, they are going to have to fill 17,000 seats on a Monday against west in October, at top dollar ticket prices so they better go all-in with NYC branding.
Barclay's Center/Nets are lede all over back/front pages with championship players who came here from other teams, it's why you play in NYC where you make the money/fans/corportate money needed to sustain a winning product.

New York Sort Of Steals Game Five In Boston 5-4

It does not make a lot of sense to have a 5-2 win, and steal a game, but when you are outshot 44-19, score three powerplay goals (no bad goals) for a team that struggles to score, and finally wins a road game in regulation in 18 games vs Bruins, Caps, Pens, it is what it is.
Oh yes, Trotz out-coached Cassidy.
Before the game began, I wrote New York will not lose game six in regulation, sticking with that.


A team called Saints played at Nassau Coliseum for well-tanned, Bruce Cassidy, for anyone wondering.

New York in trouble again

Scoring not there, continue to give up forty shot games which is not who they are. Varlamov holds them in with strong play, but his soft goal again is a killer. Let's be clear Varlamov gave up soft goals in bubble, and often before 3/9/2020, it's a career trend he largely shook for many of the 56 games, and kept writing he was playing above his career norms, but Boston easily could have had three/more goals against any goalie with how they kept pressuring, and how Varlamov almost stole the game. New York struggled with their size, speed, and dominated the puck, and both teams got an extra day of rest.
Either they flip the script against a much better goalie or Boston will break through.
I don't think they have another comeback in them, unless things dramtically change, they have to go back to Boston, and win again, maybe twice. Does Rask fall apart, and have bad stretches? Yes, he does.