Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello observes practice during training camp at the Northwell Health Ice Center on Jan. 12. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
They called Bill Torrey "the Architect," which fit the guy who built the Islanders from scratch into a dynasty in less than a decade.
So what about Lou Lamoriello?
He cannot be the "architect" of the Islanders’ current three-year run of playoff series victories because much of the core was assembled by Garth Snow. Plus, that moniker is taken.
But he deserves one for all that he has done since being hired in 2018 – three weeks after Torrey died – to run the franchise’s hockey operations.