NEW YORK (AP) Lou Lamoriello is taking over the New York Islanders.All the questions belong to him now.The Islanders announced the hiring of Lamoriello on Tuesday as president of hockey operations Chris Wagner Jersey Womens , giving the longtime NHL executive the keys to a franchise that has missed the playoffs eight times in the past 12 years with Garth Snow as general manager.The 75-year-old Lamoriello, who led the New Jersey Devils to three Stanley Cup titles and helped Toronto become playoff contenders again, is tasked with trying to re-sign star center John Tavares and the future of Snow and coach Doug Weight.Lamoriello said he had no preconceived notions about the inner workings of the Islanders, and he also wasn’t willing to show his hand on what he might do with the team.”As I’ve done in the past in a situation like this, I take a step back and see exactly what the people who you have in place have to offer, what their thoughts are, what their vision is and then make decisions as I go along,” Lamoriello said on a conference call. ”I certainly have thoughts like you think I would have. But rather than express them, I’d rather just keep them to myself and allow the process to take place before making any judgments.”Those judgments will be his to make. The Islanders said Lamoriello ”will have full authority over all hockey matters with the organization.””We are committed to giving Lou every resource and the full support of the entire organization as we pursue our program to compete at the highest level,” co-owner Scott Malkin said.This move undoubtedly takes power away from Snow, who has four years left on his contract originally signed by previous owner Charles Wang. Lamoriello’s hiring was first reported by The Athletic, which said Snow’s deal has a ”steep buyout.”But Lamoriello didn’t go to the Islanders to share power. He left New Jersey to become Toronto’s GM in 2015 after he was bumped upstairs and replaced by Ray Shero. The move to the Islanders comes after he was shifted into an advisory role with the Maple Leafs, who promoted Kyle Dubas.One of Lamoriello’s most pressing issues is Tavares, who can become an unrestricted free agent July 1. The 27-year-old forward just finished a $33 million Alex Galchenyuk Jersey Womens , six-year contract. He had 37 goals and 47 assists this season, finishing a goal and an assist shy of the career highs he set in 2014-15.Lamoriello had nothing but praise for the star center, who will receive a lucrative long-term deal this summer from the Islanders or another team.”He’s one of the elite players, a gentleman both on and off the ice and he’s just a quality individual as well as a quality player,” Lamoriello said.Because the Islanders missed the playoffs the past two years, hiring Lamoriello is at the very least a sign to Tavares of ownership’s willingness to make improvements. Lamoriello led the Devils’ hockey operations from 1987-2015, reaching the Stanley Cup Final five times and winning in 1995, 2000 and 2003, and is well-respected for his management expertise.That will be tested in his third stint running a front office, this time for a team that has had son Chris Lamoriello as assistant GM since 2016. He takes over just a month before the draft and five weeks before the clock runs out on re-signing Tavares before he hits the open market, giving him tight deadlines to ”bring the Islanders back where they were” in the 1980s when they won the Cup four times.”When there is time, you use it. When there isn’t, you make a decision,” Lamoriello said. ”We’ll have to evaluate everything in a short period of time Carter Rowney Jersey Womens , but not at a rushed pace.”—Follow Vin Cherwoo at https://twitter.com/VinCherwooAP and Stephen Whyno at http://twitter.com/SWhyno .— VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Bo Horvat wanted to see three solid periods of play from his Vancouver Canucks teammates.Instead, the center was frustrated as the Canucks dropped their third straight game, losing 5-4 to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.“We had like a 30-minute lull again. And we can’t be doing that. Our team’s got to play a full 60 minutes,” Horvat said.The Canucks rallied from a 5-2 deficit late in the third period, but couldn’t complete the comeback.“We showed what we can do there in the last 10 minutes of the game,” Horvat said. “We were all over them in their zone all the time. And we’ve got to play like that every single game, all the time, every shift, everybody.”Rookie Sam Steel recorded his first NHL hat trick to lead the Ducks. The 21-year-old Steel became the youngest player in Anaheim’s franchise history to complete the feat in the regular season.“It’s pretty special to accomplish that, and to do it in a win is even better,” Steel said.Rickard Rakell and Kiefer Sherwood also scored for the Ducks.Jake Virtanen, Alex Edler, Josh Leivo and Tanner Pearson scored for the Canucks.Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves for Vancouver. Anaheim’s John Gibson had 28 saves.Despite the win Luke Schenn Jersey Womens , the Ducks were eliminated from playoffs contention after the Arizona Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.The Ducks first goal of the game was the result of a bobbled offensive play by the Canucks.Josh Teves had his shot blocked and his defensive partner Alex Biega fell trying to corral the puck.Steel picked it up, beating Teves and Canucks rookie Elias Pettersson down the ice for a breakaway. He got a wrist shot past Markstrom to open the scoring 9:09 into the first period.He added another goal 12:16 into the second, scoring off a rebound.Steel completed the hat trick before the end of the second period.Canucks center Markus Granlund was called for hitting a broken stick near the blue line that careened into the puck.The rules say a penalty shot should be awarded if a player in his defensive zone throws or shoots a stick or any other piece at the puck or another player carrying the puck.Steel’s backhand shot sailed over Markstrom’s glove. The 21-year-old was playing just his 18th NHL game.“I didn’t really try to move (the stick) where the puck was going. But he passed the puck at the same time,” said Granlund. “I made a mistake there and obviously it cost us. It’s tough.”The Ducks picked Steel 30th overall in the 2016 draft and he was called up from the American Hockey League on Saturday when center Ryan Getzlaf was scratched from Anaheim’s lineup with an upper-body injury.Virtanen put the Canucks on the board 12:48 into the first, grabbing the puck in the neutral zone and streaking up ice. He took a back-handed shot near the goal line. The puck hit the skate of Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler and slid through Gibson’s legs.Edler added another goal with just a minute to go in the first period, scoring ona shot from the point through traffic. The shot hit Anaheim’s Corey Perry and bounced in past Gibson.The goal was the 93rd of Edler’s career, tying him with Mattias Ohlund for most goals by a defenseman in Canucks’ history.Rakell added a power-play goal for Anaheim 7:44 into the third after Teves was called for hooking.Minutes later, Sherwood scored on a shot from the point.Leivo brought the Canucks back within two 13:34 into the third period, scoring on a wrist shot over Gibson’s glove.Pearson swatted a puck through heavy traffic in front of the Anaheim net and beat a diving Gibson to add Vancouver’s final goal with just over five minutes to go.NOTES: Steel is the youngest player in Ducks history to score a hat trick in the regular season. … Anaheim was playing without former Canucks center Ryan Kessler, who is listed as day-to-day with a hip injury. … Teves made his NHL debut on Tuesday. The Canucks signed the 24-year-old Calgary native to a one-year deal earlier this month after he wrapped his senior season with the Princeton University Tigers.UP NEXTDucks: At Calgary on Friday.Canucks: Host Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.
