The New York Islanders Lou Lamiorello is drunk at the wheel, as they waiver this long-term signing

With the teams needing to finalize their roster, by 5 PM on Monday, to standardize their salary cap for the next 192 days, the countdown has begun.

And Lou Lamiorello and the Islanders are doing big-brained things, by waiving forward Pierre Engvall.

Engvall was recently signed to a 7-year contract and was in year 2 but with new leadership under Patrick Roy, it seems he's bound for Bridgeport.

During the 2023-2024 season, in 74 games Engvall would only produce 28 points( 10 G, 18 A). He'd hold a position in the top six in hopes that'd set off an offensive tear but would fail to materialize.

Before he arrived in New York, he spent the majority of his career in Lamiorello's prior stomping grounds in Toronto.

Engvall played 226 games with the Maple Leafs, scoring 83 points( 42 G, 41 A), and would be traded to New York in 2023, posting 9 points( 5 G, 4 A) in 18 games and was richly rewarded with a 7 year, $21 Million deal.

Since then he's struggled to find a regular spot in the lineup and has been placed on waivers and will have to report to the AHL.

Engvall never could put it together in Toronto and it seems even in New York, Lou couldn't turn this reclamation project into a goal-scoring forward even though he has paid for one.

Engvall has played under Lane Lambert before Patrick Roy's tenure, and if he hasn't been able to find his game under three different coaches( we're counting Sheldon Keefe) is there a point in which he will ever be an NHL forward?

It seems unlikely, but that hasn't stopped Lou Lamiorello from destroying the Islander's competitiveness.

It all started with the team moving on from Barry Trotz, and going from loved underdogs in the NHL to bottom-feeders now.

How the mighty have fallen.

Source: House of Hockey
New York Islanders waive forward in just year two of a seven-year contract