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Lou Lamoriello will be conductor of Islanders’ orchestra

Ken Daneyko was knocking over a table and on his way to slamming the door to his boss’ office behind him the first time he heard the orchestra analogy from Lou Lamoriello.

The burly defenseman was in his second season with the Devils and, with Bruce Driver injured, had picked up four points on the power play in four games. But with Driver back in the lineup, Daneyko was no longer getting the same man-advantage time and Lamoriello, sensing Daneyko was upset, invited him into his office to discuss the matter.

“I liken my team to an orchestra,” Lamoriello told Daneyko, now an analyst for the NHL and MSG Networks and whose No.