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

There’s a lot of assumptions that have been thrown into question and a long list of things for whoever gets hired to figure out.

The Islanders made the playoffs in five of seven seasons under Lamoriello, a Hall of Fame executive who turns 83 in October and has been an NHL GM continuously since 1987. But the Islanders went 35-35-12 this season to finish sixth in the Metropolitan Division, nine points behind the Canadiens for the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot.