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Benoit Desrosiers NOT hired at this time.

This reminds me of the Brian Wiseman hiring/not coming last summer.

Do I see the coaching change working? No

Lamoriello/Roy Conference Call.........

I would expect Roy was offered/accepted the job days ago, which would explain Lamoriello not even going on the road trip.
Lou Lamoriello: "That fine line was crossed. This was the time to do this. Lou Lamoriello says he felt inconsistency was not going to end without a change" Lamoriello says rest of Isles coaching staff will remain. "Status quo." Lamoriello on Roy: "What he has done recently (in juniors) ... has always been behind my mind. When the opportunity was there after a conversation, I thought he was the right person." Lamoriello: "Patrick was the only person I was interested in." Lamoriello: "Patrick can flat-out coach." Lamoriello: "I'm very happy with the roster at this point. Will that change? Like anything else, you never know. ... We're always gonna try and get better."
Patrick Roy: "I've watched a few games, example against Toronto, and I was very impressed." Likes veteran players and depth. "One thing very important to me is the family culture. I felt these guys were sticking together." Cites Mayfield going to defense of Barzal. Patrick Roy: "Zero interest in management. And that's first thing I told Lou."

Lane Lambert Fired/Patrick Roy Comes to New York City


To get a name coach/not an interim, obviously this was being considered for a time, but the problems are with the players, not the coaching. It would hardly shock me if Sorokin or his agent spoke up before he got hurt playing this much, and facing far too many shots. I don't know what Patrick Roy does to shake this mix, but in this cap era you can't fire the players.

Problems Catch Up With New York

Writing the same things all the time is very boring. Frankly what was expected has caught up with this team. Age, which means too slow, poor defending, transition, penalty killing, and when other teams up their game, New York, can not even stay with an awful Chicago team, that had to travel to Buffalo on no notice, mailed in a 3-0 loss, and still came at two-day rested New York Islanders with several odd-man chances, and opened a 3-1 lead.
Sorokin has started 13 games in a row, they don't trust their backup. He's faced the most shots in the league, and looks burned out completely to the point he's going to get hurt. Pelech, Mayfield look hurt. The 25+ minute games seem to have caught up with Dobson/Romanov, and we know Pageau, Engvall, Cizikas, Martin, Clutterbuck, Palmieri can't produce much of anything, as Gauthier/Walhstrom barely play and the cast around Fasching does not help.
I have written these things before, you know where I stood since summer 2021, now you see why I was very outspoken/unhappy about the teams future. Now we see if the ownership holds the general manager responcible with his head coach, who frankly does not have what he needs as we see Lee is fading, and Nelson is not getting any younger. It's not good, and why when teams join the non-playoff club they stay for a long time, and Lamoriello signed a lot of players who don't skate well or produce for a long time.

41 Games...............

Cizikas Week to Week....

Pelech Activated/Varlamov IR