Lou Lamoriello
Lou Lamoriello
Louis A. "Lou" Lamoriellois an American professional ice hockey executive and the current general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. Lamoriello, who had been with the New Jersey Devils from 1987 to 2015, served longer with a single team than any general manager in NHL history except Conn Smythe and Art Ross. On May 4, 2015, he stepped down as general manager of the Devils. On July 23 he became the 16th general manager of...
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Our four top defensemen get X number of minutes of ice, ... These young fellows will get the same amount of minutes as the people did last year. They will have time to develop.
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Playing that type of hockey and that type of role, it's tough night in and night out. Jason is just a competitor in every way and works hard, plays hard and I think will be an energy asset.
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He does the little things and he's strong. He's hockey strong.
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I really wasn't thinking about it, to tell you the truth.
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I'm the person who has to find those answers and those solutions. We have some players who are not performing up to expectations. That's not acceptable.
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I don't know if everybody played better just because he was there, because he's only on one line. I thought all the lines did the little things that had to be done. Turnovers were minimal. Our positional play was one of the better. I thought our power play moved the puck and had great chances. That's all you want.
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Herb and I are delighted to add Dave to our coaching staff. He has a wide variety of coaching experience. Also, with the type of young talent we have at Utica, we felt it was necessary to have someone of Robbie's caliber preparing our product.
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I don't think any of us is really pleased with where we find ourselves. You can look at a lot of different reasons, but I don't believe you ever look for excuses.
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I am not going to make a decision just to make a decision.
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I don't look at it as a step back by any means.
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You could look right through that lineup tonight, and I don't know if you could find any passengers. That, to me, is the most impressive thing you could say.
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You can't ask for a better game than what Tommy gave us. He's a true veteran. I could see he got his legs under him.
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I would like to accept this recognition on behalf of all the staff members that that I’ve been associated with; all of the office people behind the scenes who never get credit and make this game so great along with the great coaches and players.
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Good is not good enough when better is expected