Islanders: It’s Not As Easy As Just ‘Getting A Scorer’

EAST MEADOW, NEW YORK - JANUARY 04: General Manager Lou Lamoriello of the New York Islanders attends practice during training camp at Northwell Health Ice Center at Eisenhower Park on January 04, 2021 in East Meadow, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

After last night’s 3-2 loss to Pittsburgh, if you opened your window on Long Island you probably heard the faint screams of “this team needs a goal scorer” off in the distance. While on the surface, that’s true for the Islanders, it’s really not that simple.

Yes, I am not a naive person, the thing that would put this team over the top is an elite-level goal scorer that is fairly obvious, there’s just a slight issue. Where is that…