Lou Lamoriello has accomplished plenty in the seven weeks he’s been on the job running the Islanders. But the biggest moment of his tenure so far was John Tavares spurning Lamoriello’s enticements and joining the Leafs on July 1, a move that Lamoriello could not have foreseen when he took the job on May 22.



But he is busy trying to build the Islanders into a contender and he has no regrets about watching Tavares walk away for nothing.



“I have no second thoughts at all (about taking the job),” Lamoriello told The Athletic in a conversation Monday morning. “I didn’t know if John would be here or not. I’m enthusiastic, the people who work here are enthusiastic… That’s simply the way one’s makeup is.”



Enthusiasm was a key point for Lamoriello in discussing what the Islanders have left in the wake of Tavares’ departure. With new coach Barry Trotz and a handful of new additions —...