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...
certainly cost individual mistakes score second sort
It's certainly disappointing. In the second period, we sort of had all the territorial advantages, but still couldn't score the goals. We made individual mistakes and they cost us.
certainly chance took
We certainly took a chance with Scottie in waiting, ... But we'd do it again.
allowed asked best club interest retire time
Vladimir told me he was going to retire and then his representative asked that he be allowed to have some time off to go home. I told him it was not in the best interest of the club for him to do that.
concerned focus sure target teams
I'm sure, but right now what we've got to do is focus on what we're doing well and what we can do to get better. We can't be concerned about what other teams are thinking, but I'm sure we were a target today. That's logical.
decide decision might plan room spot whenever
If and when Scott Stevens does make the decision to play, we have Plan C to make room for him, ... It will be his choice. But there is a spot for him should he decide to play, whenever that might be.
couple job key lose moving patience people position power puck score thinking
People were doing a much better job without the puck of getting in position and having patience and moving it quickly. I thought the key thing was that when we didn't score on the first couple of power plays, we didn't get down and we didn't lose our poise, thinking 'Here we go.' You could feel that there was a confidence.
careful far
Let's be careful how far we go with that.
adjusted asked compare fame game hall question soon top
To me, he's right up there with the top defensemen to ever play the game because he has done everything and adjusted to everything and did everything that was asked of him to win. I don't ever like to compare people, but all I can tell you is that there is no question that he will be in the Hall of Fame as soon as he is eligible.
bench confidence obviously success
We've obviously had success with it and it's obvious the confidence the bench has in Marty.
both conversation difficult imagine last night
We did have a conversation last night when he told me, and as you can all imagine it was a difficult conversation from both parties,
decision door leaving open plan pressure room
We are leaving the door open if and when Scott Stevens does make a decision to play, ... We have a plan 'C' that will make room for him. It will be his decision. There is no pressure from here.
anybody good including marty thinking time worrying
Any time a milestone comes, you feel good about it. I don't think anybody was thinking about that or worrying about it, including Marty, if you know how Marty is.
allow biggest compliment core focused looking maturity maybe opportunity pay room streak team today totally tremendous
I think the biggest compliment that I could pay this team today is that that they're not looking at this streak as something totally exceptional. They're more focused on doing the things maybe we weren't doing to allow us to have the opportunity to win. ... I sense a tremendous maturity in that room with the core character. I couldn't be more impressed.
I think it was a little more active,