Can anyone here who's really studied Lou's tendencies as GM over the past 20 years share what he typically does in certain situations?
For example we all know that he usually addresses the goaltending situation as one of his first moves. Therefore we can expect him to resign Lehner, but probably not until after he's kicked the tires on Bobrovsky and maybe Howard/Varlamov.
What else does Lou typically do as GM? He's made so many moves as GM of the Devils/Leafs that it's hard to come up with patterns. Sometimes he let's UFA's walk, and sometimes he resigns them.
Since Lou is air-tight silent when it comes to moves, really curious if we can get a sense of what he will do with the isles over the next year and forward...
I heard Lou on Prime time sports with McCowan and Shannon before the season began, and I think he is a better GM now than when he was with NJ. The reason was he cited hockey is constantly evolving and for him to use methodology from the 80's to the game now would be foolhardy. But saying this, he values things that never change to newer things that the game has introduced.
One thing that Lou has always valued is Goaltending and defence. I think Mark Hunter had a pronounced effect on how he views players today. Hunter likes skill, and it's funny because I recall him being asked which players he was high on for the 2015 draft and 2 players that came up were Rantanten, and Barzal.
One thing I will agree on is Lou runs a very tight ship. A deal will come out of nowhere. There are no leaks from his front office.
I do think he will make some moves, we will just have to wait and see what they are.
Also I like this saying from Lou. When people were using back pressure as a new hockey term. He said and I am paraphrasing this, but yes I like back pressure. We used to call it back checking in our day. That was typical Lou.