Today’s NHL Rumors have a distinct East division flavor to them. We start on Long Islander where the always secretive Lou Lamoriello opened up (just a tad) to Pierre LeBrun.
NHL Rumors: Islanders want a locker-room fit – if they make a trade at all
You have to hand it to Mr. LeBrun to get anything of consequence out of Lamoriello but he did. When asked in a recent interview done for The Athletic what kind of players the Islanders are looking for, the GM made it very clear.
“I said it earlier, we certainly will see what is available but we won’t make a trade just for the sake of making it happen…In other words, it has to be something that works for the team, that works with reference to the chemistry; it doesn’t upset the room, all the variables that to me are extremely important.