Islanders Fans Break Out the 'Fire Lou' Chant after Saturday's 5-2 Loss
Following a 5-2 defeat to a divisional opponent - the Carolina Hurricanes - Islanders fans broke out in a 'Fire Lou [Lamoriello]' chant. The Isles sit two spots and two points outside the playoffs with three more games played than the Pittsburgh Penguins, who occupy the final Wild Card spot.
The Islanders fired head coach Barry Trotz this summer, which looked like a bad idea at the time, and it looks worse in hindsight. With a record of 23-20-5, the Islanders are plainly average in both goals-for and goals-against. At least under Trotz, they were near the top of the league in the latter.
As such, fans pin the team's problems on the GM:
Per CapFriendly, the Isles currently have ~$1.5 million in cap space and all their draft picks, save possibly a conditional 3rd rounder which may or may not go to the Arizona Coyotes depending on Andrew Ladd.
Lamoriello must know that he needs to make a splash to improve his team, but that won't be easy to do. He needs to clear cap space. That much is simple.
But who does he ship out? Who can he ship out? Not many trade partners will be in a rush to take on a bad contract in exchange, and if they are it will cost Lamoriello - a lot.
Tough scene on the Island.
| POLL | ||
JANVIER 21 | 329 ANSWERS Islanders Fans Break Out the 'Fire Lou' Chant after Saturday's 5-2 Loss Should the Islanders fire Lou Lamoriello or can he be trusted to right the ship? | ||
| Fire Lou | 186 | 56.5 % |
| Trust Lou | 63 | 19.1 % |
| See results | 80 | 24.3 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Noel Acciari | - | - | - | |
| Mason Appleton | - | - | - | |
| Morgan Barron | - | - | - | |
| Anthony Beauvillier | - | - | - | |
| Michael Bunting | - | - | - | |
| Kyle Connor | - | - | - | |
| Sidney Crosby | - | - | - | |
| Dylan DeMelo | - | - | - | |
| Haydn Fleury | - | - | - | |
| Matthew Grzelcyk | - | - | - | |
| Connor Hellebuyck | - | - | - | |
| Alex Iafallo | - | - | - | |
| Tristan Jarry | - | - | - | |
| Erik Karlsson | - | - | - | |
| Rasmus Kupari | - | - | - | |
| Kristopher Letang | - | - | - | |
| Adam Lowry | - | - | - | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 19 | 16 | 3 | - | 32 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||