Contract Termination: Leo Komarov

[tellermine]

He'll be less than 100 miles (160 km) from Narva, where he was born, and about 300 miles (500 km) from Nykarleby, where he grew up.

Better than the over 4,200 miles (6,800 km) from New York.

But its not Russia. Huge difference beleave me.

 

[Icejoker]

Lou gives terrible contact

Isles play an AHLer for the past few seasons because of said contract.

Waive him because he is not an NHLer

Player doesn't want to play in AHL so signs back in KHL

Lou is a wizard

What???????

Wonder was happened last TDL. Lou was out first to give up a first and he want Hall . He offered Komarov , Bellows and a first for him. The Sabres GM said no. Hall know if he go to NYI Lou give him a big extension so he become angry and decided where he go himself.

 

[Vitto79]

Is this actually happening

Lou gives terrible deals and gets away w it

 

[CupHolders]

This list doesn't exactly scream unique for an NHL GM.

I am curious why the player sacrificed the salary to help NYI... there has to be more to it. He could easily finish the contract in the AHL and then played in the KHL instead of flushing money to help his former team.

But those moves (even if considered average) as a collection have yielded well above average results. Especially more impressive when considering the Isles lack of success and reputation for the past 30 years.

My direct point is that by every metric Lou has done a very good to great job for the Isles. However there is an anti Lou bias by select posters who show up in every single Isles thread to voice what a bad GM he is and why that was a bad move:

Choosing Lehner over Varlamov

Trading too much for Pageau

Signing Nelson for his deal

“Going to lose Barzal as a RFA”

Every single time these posters are proven wrong on their predictions or assessments. Ultimately they hang all of their arguments on Komarov and Toews. Even oversimplifying and incorrectly assuming one contract was a causality on the other.

But looking at Lou’s tenure as an Islander, how can any reasonable person suggest he has been a “bad” GM? Then do so by completely overlooking the results AND the overall health of the franchise compared to the past 30 years?

Yet the same posters, not you or the poster I originally quoted; come into each and every Isles with…

“Lou is a horrible GM, because of Toews, Komarov and…. Well that’s all I got because the other stuff I LOL’d at the time actually turned out to be good moves, so I’m going to harp on the only ones I can.”

In their narrative Lou not being perfect means Lou is bad.

 

[These Are The Days]

But those moves (even if considered average) as a collection have yielded well above average results. Especially more impressive when considering the Isles lack of success and reputation for the past 30 years.

My direct point is that by every metric Lou has done a very good to great job for the Isles. However there is an anti Lou bias by select posters who show up in every single Isles thread to voice what a bad GM he is and why that was a bad move:

Choosing Lehner over Varlamov

Trading too much for Pageau

Signing Nelson for his deal

“Going to lose Barzal as a RFA”

Every single time these posters are proven wrong on their predictions or assessments. Ultimately they hang all of their arguments on Komarov and Toews. Even oversimplifying and incorrectly assuming one contract was a causality on the other.

But looking at Lou’s tenure as an Islander, how can any reasonable person suggest he has been a “bad” GM? Then do so by completely overlooking the results AND the overall health of the franchise compared to the past 30 years?

Yet the same posters, not you or the poster I originally quoted; come into each and every Isles with…

“Lou is a horrible GM, because of Toews, Komarov and…. Well that’s all I got because the other stuff I LOL’d at the time actually turned out to be good moves, so I’m going to harp on the only ones I can.”

In their narrative Lou not being perfect means Lou is bad.

All the fault when things come up short. None of the credit when it goes well. Accomplishments always invalidated. Only known as far as your last failure.


That's how you know the Islanders are a true contender

 

[Pyrophorus]

Love you Leo....good luck.

 

[Look Up]