Isles Nation - Opinions on Lou

Created by: MoreOfAnIslesGuy

Team: 2019-20 New York Islanders

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 31, 2020

Published: Jan. 31, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

I was one of the supporters of Lou when he was hired, because at the time anything was better than Snow. To be fair, he made some savvy moves (Hamonic's trade, the Reinhart trade, Eberle for Strome) but he was Snow and i'm still happy he's gone, but what is going on with Lou? Bloat contracts we don't need (Komarov), absolutely no trading to fill our needs (one trade in his ENTIRE tenure, and it was trading an ECHL goalie to bring back ANOTHER bloat contract in Matt Martin) and complete radio silence. I just want something to happen with this team.

Buyouts

Rick DiPietro: $0

Buried

Andrew Ladd: $4,425,000 ($5,500,000)
Thomas Hickey: $1,425,000 ($2,500,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$73,639,166	$0	$1,220,000	$7,860,834

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lee, Anders $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW NTC UFA - 7	Barzal, Mathew $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) C, RW UFA - 1	Eberle, Jordan $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW NTC UFA - 5
Beauvillier, Anthony $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Nelson, Brock $6,000,000$6,000,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 6	Bailey, Josh $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 5
Dal Colle, Michael $700,000$700,000 LW UFA - 2	Brassard, Derick $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Kühnhackl, Tom $850,000$850,000 RW UFA - 1
Martin, Matt $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Cizikas, Casey $3,350,000$3,350,000 C UFA - 2	Komarov, Leo $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, LW, C M-NTC UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dobson, Noah $894,167$894,167 ($537,500$538K) RD RFA - 3	Pulock, Ryan $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD UFA - 1	Varlamov, Semyon $5,000,000$5,000,000 G NTC UFA - 4
Toews, Devon $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1	Mayfield, Scott $1,450,000$1,450,000 RD UFA - 4	Greiss, Thomas $3,333,333$3,333,333 G UFA - 1
Leddy, Nick $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD UFA - 3	Boychuk, Johnny $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Johnston, Ross $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW UFA - 3	Clutterbuck, Cal $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW UFA - 3
Aho, Sebastian $770,000$770,000 ($100,000$100K) LD UFA - 1	Vande Sompel, Mitch $728,333$728,333 ($182,500$182K) LD UFA - 1
	Pelech, Adam $1,600,000$1,600,000 LD UFA - 2

Top Comments

Jan. 31, 2020 at 1:35 p.m.

MoreOfAnIslesGuy

Isles For Life

Joined: May 2017

Posts: 401

Likes: 190

Jan. 31, 2020 at 1:41 p.m.

Isles777

Isles7

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 12,222

Likes: 5,299

Last season was an evaluation year, I dont like komarov contract but I understood at the time why it was done. It’s the only move of his I’m not a fan of since he was hired. I am judging Lou based on what he does before the deadline, whether that’s external or internal moves.

MoreOfAnIslesGuy and CheeseFees liked this.

Jan. 31, 2020 at 1:42 p.m.

slapshot723

NYI

Joined: Jun. 2016

Posts: 3,505

Likes: 1,109

I think Lou has done an okay job. Not a bad job, not an amazing job. I think he's signed some great contracts aside from Komarov. Lee, Nelson, and Eberle all signed to market value or below. Varlamov is slightly overpaid but has been great this year. I'm not upset about his deal. One thing he did, that I don't think almost any GM would've been able to do, is bring in Barry Trotz. We aren't a great team on paper, but wow Trotz has been a gem. We'd be nothing without him. I have to applaud Lou for bringing him in.

The fact that he hasn't made a trade since July 2018 is bizarre. I don't think there were a ton of players out there I'm upset we didn't trade for (Ryan O'Reilly is probably the only one). There are a lot of non-moves, which is what was the biggest problem with Snow, and that needs to change. I'm willing to wait until this deadline passes to make the full judgment.

MoreOfAnIslesGuy and CheeseFees liked this.

Jan. 31, 2020 at 1:43 p.m.

newballcoach

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 1,797

Likes: 564

I mean, he signed Varlamov and got Anders Lee and Eberle to resign with very competitive deals. I'm not an Isles fan but that's not nothing?

Although I will admit I would have expected him to try and pick up some more offence, but I think he's cautious about adding too much longterm money before Barzal's RFA contract.

Jan. 31, 2020 at 1:45 p.m.

Isles777

Isles7

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 12,222

Likes: 5,299

Quoting: slapshot723

This sums it up pretty well

CheeseFees liked this.

See All

DISPLAY SETTING

BETTING ODDS

LOCALE

ARCHIVE

CBA

CALCULATORS

FANTASY HOCKEY TOOLS

TOOLS

PLAYERS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

INTERACTIVE FEATURES