Thirteen games into the season and Islanders fans are already chanting for the removal of general manager Lou Lamoriello and head coach Lane Lambert. Such is life amidst a five-game losing streak, one exacerbated by a 4-1 loss against a Washington Capitals team that was projected to continue regressing in 2023-24 while the Islanders battled for a wild-card spot in the Metropolitan Division.
The Islanders have been plagued by the same issues yearly, and Lamoriello has yet to fix it. They rank second-to-bottom in the Eastern Conference in goals scored. Their power play, which has received a league-low 35 opportunities, is clicking at a 17.14% chance that is ninth out of 15 teams in the Eastern Conference, and ranks 21st overall in the NL.
Captain Anders Lee has just one goal and one assist in 13 games this season while flip-flopping between the first and third lines. The fourth line, nearing their 10th year together, has naturally slowed it's hard to imagine how difficult it is to keep up the frenzied, game-changing intensity that they have so often put forth for so long. Yet Lambert only seems to discipline lesser-tenured or younger players when they struggle or make mistakes, as of la
[
add
]
[
|
|
...
]