Ok, this is too far. The guy was willing to make Panarin the highest paid player in the league. He spurned us for an original 6 team and a larger city. That's not on Lou.

I will admit I'd like to see him go for quality depth in general. Not everything needs to be a home run. Singles and doubles win games too. Ex) Dzingel. That deal would have been a nice fit.

Put your pitchforks away until the start of the season. If the team hasn't improved by then I'll be right there next to you. But you have to think Lou sees the entire board and has a plan. The guy didn't take this job at 76 to crap his pants in his diapers behind a desk. He wants to win. Fully believe that.

I hope LL isn’t replaced with you and that horrid Aho trade.

Relax my guy, we're in year 2 of the five year plan

remember the last geriatric with a five yr plan?

A Cizikas is going to be the third line center, so really now they are looking for a 4th line center
B. hate to break it to you but until belmont is built, no UFA's are coming here.
C. he brought in the second best active coach in the league. there is no fuggin way in hell, Garth would have been able to convince Trotz to come here.
D. a Leddy trade for a top 6 wing is going to be stalled until Gardiner signs a deal, because the teams who lose out on him will be looking for leddy or equivelent in the trade market
E. Lou has turned the organizational culture around, which anyone who has ever been in the business world knows that is the foundation of success.
F. look at how disfunctional the leafs as an organization have become since lou left: infighting, Player/contracts disputes, lack of identity

I’ll agree I’m disappointed with how the off-season has gone, but the Isles were clear about how they were thinking in the long term following PJ boy’s departure. We’re still loaded with prospects and Sorokin’s likely going to be an Islander next year; something that would have been impossible under Snow. We still have a bright future, we just need to keep building and keep the locker room tight knit.