Reports: Islanders to tab Mathieu Darche as general manager
Feb 11, 2023; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; View of a New York Islanders logo on a jersey worn by a member of the team against the Montreal Canadiens during the second period at Bell Centre. Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images The New York Islanders are expected to name Mathieu Darche as the team's general manager, multiple media outlets announced on Friday.
Darche, 48, has served as the director of hockey operations for the Tampa Bay Lightning over the past six seasons. The Lightning qualified for the playoffs in each year of that stretch, including capturing consecutive Stanley Cup titles in 2020 and 2021 and appearing in the Finals in 2022.
Darche will replace Lou Lamoriello, who left the Islanders last month after seven seasons.
Lamoriello, 82, was hired in 2018 as New York's president of hockey operations. He is a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee in the builders category (2009).
The Islanders missed the playoffs in 2024-25 after posting a 35-35-12 record.
New York, however, landed the top overall pick of the upcoming 2025 NHL Draft earlier this month, despite having the 10th-best chance of winning the lottery at 3.5 percent.
--Field Level Media
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