Lou Lamoriello's job performance with the NY Islanders is highly contentious

2. Coaching decisions

Then comes the regular season which also cannot be summed up in one sentence. The first half included countless blown leads in the third period and set the Isles on pace for the most overtime losses in their history. As a result, Lamoriello fired his second-year head coach Lane Lambert, and replaced him with Roy. 

This is also a mixed bag because, on one hand, Lamoriello deserves criticism for not foreseeing the future by replacing Lambert after an up-and-down 2022-23 season. On the other, Lamoriello pulled the trigger replacing Lambert with Roy, who helped the Isles make the playoffs. As for the coaching decisions, this is a C-level performance.

Lamoriello also made smaller decisions in the middle of all the controversies. He did claim Mike Reilly off waivers from the Florida Panthers, which was arguably his best decision in 2023-24. He also traded a seventh-round draft pick to the St. Louis Blues for Robert Bortuzzo, who did not significantly help nor hurt the Islanders in any way. For this, Lamoriello deserves a B.