Edits incoming because I swear Newsday waited until I posted this to release this article: After all the silence, it appears that GM Lou Lamoriello will be back in the fold next season. Andrew Gross reports that he will probably get a three-year contract extension. That also means that Lane Lambert will return, more than likely.
Original post below:
It’s official: The long-time rivals are all done this year. The New York Islanders and especially their fans can breathe a little easier for the final month of the playoffs, something we have not been able to do the last few years given which teams had been making deep runs and, in particular, had made the Stanley Cup Final out of the Eastern Conference the last three seasons.