Lou Lamoreillo trying to fix one of his worst contracts as Islanders General Manager
According to the New York Post's Larry Brooks, J.G. Pageau may be a trade piece soon, as Lou Lamoriello has awakened from free-agency slumber. This of course may be the result of the New York Islanders landing Nazem Kadri, if the speculation is true of course. But it remains to be seen as of yet.
J.G Pageau was moved to the Islanders by the Ottawa Senators in February of 2020, who came with an expensive tag.
His current contract had an average annual value of $5 million, for 6 years which is a drastic overpay. Pageau's deal also has a modified no-trade clause attached to it! Awfully expensive for this third-line center.
Ottawa received a conditional first-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft, a second-round pick in the 2020 draft and a conditional third-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft. If the first-round pick in 2020 becomes a top-three pick, the Senators will get the Islanders' unconditional first-round selection in the 2021 NHL Draft. Ottawa will receive the third-round pick in 2022 if New York wins the Stanley Cup.
So not only did Lou overpay for this asset, he mismanaged the futures for a 40-point forward on this trade as well. Pageau has been a successful role player under the guidance of Barry Trotz, but only recently rebounded his production in 2021-2022, despite the Islanders' setbacks this past season.
Lou definitely loves to stack his teams with aging role players, however, without Trotz behind the bench, the math doesn't add up anymore. Trotz's style of the trap got the Islanders to the post-season three times during his tenure but I don't see it happening this year.
Seeing as Pageau's list has 16 teams on his NTC, it'll be interesting to see how Lamoreillo works this one out.
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Is Lou Lamoreillo still a good General Manager? |
Yes, he's a top 10 GM | 87 | 25.5 % |
No, he doesn't understand the game anymore | 120 | 35.2 % |
He's an average General Manager | 134 | 39.3 % |
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