Lou Lamoriello Wins General Manager of the Year Award

Lou Lamoriello has won the 2019-20 Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award.

A very deserving award winner, he’s taken a franchise that few expected to do much, had ownership and arena issues, one of the better centers in teh game leave and turned them into one of the most well-run, accountable franchises in the entire NHL. Since he came in, there has been a major culture change within the organization.

GM of the Year! 🙌

Lou Lamoriello of the @NYIslanders is the recipient of the 2020 Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award. 🏆#NHLAwards | #NHLonSN pic.twitter.com/o1ouDKDZCP

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) September 12, 2020

Among the things he’s done since taking over:

• Hired Barry Trotz as head coach
• Helped implement a defensive structure that led to the best goals against turnaround in the NHL history
• Two consecutive playoff appearances
• One second round appearance -One Conference Finals appearance

Colin Campbell and David Gregory presented Lamoriello with the award on Saturday and when he accepted he said, “This award that I am being recognized for is really a team award… I accept it on behalf of the entire New York Islanders organization.”

The Islanders, his team, are still battling in this year’s playoffs, trying to fight their way back from a 2-0 series defect against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Lou Lamoriello of the @NYIslanders is the 2019-20 recipient of the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award. Voting was conducted among NHL Club GMs and a panel of NHL executives, print & broadcast media at the end of the Second Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. #NHLAwards pic.twitter.com/1gOwgn5nFQ

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) September 12, 2020

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