Islanders Bet Big on Mathieu Darche: Can He Turn Chaos into Championship Glory?
Either way, it appears Darche will have the sort of total authority Lamoriello enjoyed for his seven years and that the Islanders are not planning on a tear-it-down rebuild.
Even so, he will walk into his first job as general manager with no shortage of tasks in front of him and the chance to reshape a franchise that has stagnated badly in recent years.
He has to decide the future of head coach Patrick Roy, whether to keep some or all of Lamoriello’s hockey operations staff intact — including Lou’s son, Chris, the general manager of the Bridgeport Islanders — and what to do with the No. 1 overall pick, which the Islanders won in the draft lottery.
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