Tough Times For New York

That's Lou Lamoriello's boss on the right, the majority owner of this franchsie, the final word. Scott D. Malkin. So you have Doug Weight being directly quoted to Dolan's Newsday beatwriter (when he did a game the previous night, and was rushing to Pittsburgh) that Lamoriello did not fire the coach for communication, it was not about job performance, it was something else down the road bothering Lamoriello. That's very bad, and Weight's a man who's been muted since the day he was fired. No way does Weight joining a telecast even rate an article in Newsday much less an exhausted beatwriter traveling unless they knew he had something important to say. Lamoriello made clear the coaches all have contracts, which means no outside coach comes here (even Weight wanted his own staff) so that means Lambert for a year or someone who will take any staff just to have a job. It could also mean all bets are off because down the road is not a long one for Lamoriello, it can only mean issues with Belmont and their tenant agreement or Scott Malkin (like Wang wants first/last year and 50th anniversay) then he's selling once he get's his value retail. Our fans read all that NYI arena garbages and never noticed we are a tenant with an out clause of only 86.25 million

or simple ESD approval to move elsewhere today, they have never been less secure. Even if Hochu's Albany made them pay 86.25 million is nothing for a new ownership. Malkin's lost a ton of money since 2014, and Belmont is hardly a cash cow regardless of how much event revenue the team was paid to go there so an arena could be built. On the ice no coach is coming who can replace Barry Trotz, the roster is old/slow/declining. It's comical it was considered any voice can change this. Even if Scott Malkin fired Lamoriello this is a franchise operating at the cap ceiling/not the floor that has age/speed/scoring issues. Very tough times.