Oliver Wahlstrom’s decision to leave Boston College after one rather humdrum year was his and his alone. The Islanders’ decision to sign Wahlstrom to his entry-level contract and have him finish out this season on an amateur tryout with Bridgeport was Lou Lamoriello’s of course — but that doesn’t mean Wahlstrom, the 11th pick in last June’s draft, is on the fast track to Long Island now.



“It could be a year, it could be two years, it could be three years,” Lamoriello told The Athletic earlier this week. “My feeling, and I’ve said it before, is you’d rather bring someone up too late than too soon. You don’t want to rush anyone. Even though they might come up and play well, you’ve seen it before – they come up, they go back, they come up, they go back. And it’s good for them. You have to keep your total focus on what you need to do if you want to have a long-term career at the NHL level. It...