The New York Islanders announced a significant shift by not renewing Lou Lamoriello's contract, which many fans welcomed as a chance for fresh ideas. However, the team also decided to cut its long-time radio team, Chris King and Greg Picker, replacing them with a simulcast of television broadcasts. This decision, though financially motivated, soured the overall positive mood among fans who cherished the radio voices of King and Picker, seeing it as a loss of personal connection with the team's culture.
Erasing them altogether cost more in public relations damage than whatever they are being paid to do the job.
King has been part of the family for so long - since 1998 - that his excited, high-pitched calls have become part of the fabric of the franchise.
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