NHL general manager forces newly acquired player to cut dreadlocks before training camp
Lou Lamiorello is usually in the news for doing nothing, during the off-season. Again his off-season was a nothingburger as he signed Anthony Duclair and that was the biggest move made.
The 28-year-old will be reunited with his Quebec Remparts head coach, Patrick Roy in Long Island.
As a result of him signing a 4 year, $14 Million dollar deal in New York, Duclair will follow suit and go with a clean shaven look, and has cut his dreadlocks.
This rule seems fairly innocuous, but Lamiorello is stringent on enforcement and as a result, Duclair has followed.
But what are the connotations? It's supposedly "professional" but dress codes are a practice of a cultural era gone by. As many leagues nowadays don't enforce them this is a way of Lamiorello policing his players.
But the NHL still maintains a culture that wears suits prior to matches, so it follows that Lou will maintain this archaic rule.
While yes we can see how it helps to enforce a team image, especially with mandating suits to be worn prior to a match.
But to force Duclair to shave his locs, and face smacks of an authoritarian style of control, as you can't grow a beard unless you make it to the post-season.
What kind of sense does that make?
The Islanders are stuck in the 50s and will never win a championship while Lamiorello's still running things in Long Island.
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