Patrick Roy, Islanders excited to move forward, address 'unfinished business'

New York Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello admitted that he put Patrick Roy in “a very difficult situation.” More than midway through the 2023-24 season and with the Islanders having lost eight of their previous 10 games — including a 4-3 overtime loss to the league-worst Chicago Blackhawks — Lamoriello fired head coach Lane Lambert on Jan. 20 and brought in Roy, the Hall-of-Fame netminder who was on a seven-year NHL hiatus after a messy split as head coach of the Colorado Avalanche in 2016.