Patrick Roy and the Islanders are going to be fascinating

But will it fix the Islanders' biggest problems?

Given the direction of their season and the fact they are run by a man — Lou Lamoriello— with a tendency to change head coaches the way most people change their clothes, it was only a matter of time until the New York Islanders made a coaching change this season.

It had to happen.

It needed to happen.

It finally happened this past week with the hiring of former Colorado Avalanche coach — and Hall of Fame goalie — Patrick Roy.

Former coach Lane Lambert inspired nothing, while the team was consistently being propped up by one of the league’s best goaltending duos. It is not a sustainable recipe for success, and as the season progressed they were not sustaining that success. They were bottom-10 across the league in almost every meaningful category and had it not been for the loser point they would have been even lower in the standings.

The coaching change wasn’t a surprise.

The surprise was that they turned to Roy to take over.

I don’t know if it will work. I don’t know if Roy’s second tenure as an NHL head coach will go better than his first one with the Avalanche. But I do know it is going to be a fascinating story to watch unfold and he is going to at least give the Islanders the type of juice they haven’t had in …. hell …. who knows how long.

For once there is at least something interesting about them.

Roy’s first head coaching tenure in the NHL was defined mostly by chaotic madness.

He tried to fight Bruce Boudreau during his first NHL game. His teams were notoriously bad analytically, with poor records eventually following. He changed the game at the NHL level for early goalie pulls. He was never shy about speaking his mind to the media, whether it involved his team putting their “balls on the table,” or calling at his own players for celebrating personal milestones in games. It definitely wasn’t boring, and the Islanders could definitely use some excitement.

But will it produce better results? That is ultimately the only question that will matter. It also might be out of his control.