Minority owner John Collins will lead the search for a new GM, which will need to move prompt with much to accomplish this offseason.

Signing Anthony Duclair in free agency, a move Roy is believed to have influenced heavily, also backfired in spectacular fashion, with Duclair getting hurt five games into the season and taking a personal leave of absence in April after an infuriated Roy called his play “god-awful” and questioned his effort.

When you’ve reached the pinnacle of the hockey management world, like now-former New York Islanders GM Lou Lamoriello did, you have to know you’re always working on borrowed time.