www.google.ca
- Isles_since_6

Thanks, I prefer American Google though.

Thanks, I prefer American Google though.
- TheSabresTaco

I prefer you in your own blogs as well. Don't you have plenty of money to spend it on people who have no interest in being part of a winner? Go discuss it there, take a hike.

Garth should be fined and disciplined by the NHL or at the very least the Islanders. That type of behavior is unprofessional and shows us for the circus we are
- SnowFrigginWay

Grath Snow is an embarrassment to not only the Islanders but to himself. As a GM he is as bad a Milbury. I feel so sorry for you Islander fans. Hopefully when you get a new owner you will get a real GM.
- mikes1519

I feel the same way for you guys!!!

I'm still onboard for Garth...the guy has taken so much crap for the past 8 seasons to no avail....

He set a plan in motion - we're waiting for his crop of youth to mature still. Okposo finally came around, JT has been great. Now that Strome, Lee, and Nelson will have full NHL seasons this year, we WILL see a big improvement in this team.

Everyone, including Garth, knows his fault has come at getting a great goaltender, which we now have. Halak will do big things for this team. If we won ONE more game each month this past season, we would have had 91 points - 2 points out of the playoffs. Halak will bring us at least this extra win a month.

Everyone get off Garth's d*ck - its Charles Wang that's the issue. If Garth truly had an open wallet I think we'd have had a few overpaid free agents that would be coming off the books now from the 09-10 season that would have made us a better (but close to the cap) team.

To summarize - lay off of Snow. He's done a great job as GM. I can highlight plenty of things he has done great and he's had little falter - the Vanek fiasco was literally his only "bad doing" and he was doing his best as GM to make the team better and get us a star winger for Tavares. If Wang wont open his wallet, then Garth has to get creative - which he did.

In Garth I STILL Trust.
- kcNYI

are you serious?

Dee Karl - the most disgruntle Islanders Fan..... You have zero creditability since you too were a booster club member and Season Ticket Holder - cancelled your tickets to become a "Blogger". Move on Dee and stop stirring "Garth's Words".

Canada has different broadcast standards. Bad words not a big issue. On the substance of the matter, Snow gets huge marks for standing up for his guy! And, somebody actually worries about what Larry Brooks thinks.

Most insiders think Garth made a cool move in tamping down the critics who wanted to jump all over the kid he picked. My guess, he got himself off to a great start with a very talented player.
- spatso

XxNYIxX

Garth should be fined and disciplined by the NHL or at the very least the Islanders. That type of behavior is unprofessional and shows us for the circus we are
- SnowFrigginWay

Ohh come on.. for what???

XxNYIxX

Every other word out the mouths of players on the ice is a curse, I love the way Garth stood up for how he get treated by the media. The "Us against the world" mentality should be embraced by Islander supporters.
- BobTrost

Damn straight!

XxNYIxX

Yes, and they should give him a spanking and make him sit in the corner in silence for ten minutes, no, twenty minutes! Both the NHL and the Islanders. Potty-mouthedness should not be tolerated!
- rob_one_six

Dont forget a dollar in the swear jar!

XxNYIxX

Dee Karl: Last Chance Islanders
A season of "lasts" for the Isles. Looking to NOT be in 'last' place.
- Dee Karl

"As many as 3,000 fans came out on Friday night in the middle of graduation season to celebrate mediocrity and watch the Islanders pick fifth again in the NHL Entry Draft"

Mediocrity would be if they were picking 12-15. Picking in the top five is not mediocrity. It means you suck.

I agree with your stance on goaltending - I mentioned that in my rant and now he fixed it with Halak.

I will argue defense though - he traded for Wisnewski, Visnovsky, Ehrhoff, tried to sign Paul Martin, tried to sign Hamhuis etc. He has done a tremendous amount to shore up our defense. If Ehrhoff, Martin and Hamhuis all signed, think how great our defense would be...

It not his fault that the players were negligent that if they signed how much better this team would be. So when push came to shove he grabbed some fill-ins and drafted "defense-heavy". Now we have the D prospects coming through that will help turn this team around.
- kcNYI

Well that's the problem they wouldn't sign. If it's not his fault whose is it? Part of a GM's job is selling the team to perspective players. Thus far he has not been able to do that. Hopefully that'll change now but the fact remains he has not yet.

What's the deal with De Haan? He was pretty highly touted during his draft year.

Grath Snow is an embarrassment to not only the Islanders but to himself. As a GM he is as bad a Milbury. I feel so sorry for you Islander fans. Hopefully when you get a new owner you will get a real GM.
- mikes1519

I feel sorry for you. You had some bad teachers growing up.

What's the deal with De Haan? He was pretty highly touted during his draft year.
- BetterCallSaul

Awesome first year last season. Hoping for more of the same with some growth next yr.

Awesome first year last season. Hoping for more of the same with some growth next yr.
- Cptmjl

XxNYIxX

Dee, how in the world can you be surprised at the qualifying offers? That's how you retain the player's rights. Nilsson will go to the khl but why turn him into a UFA?

Dee, how in the world can you be surprised at the qualifying offers? That's how you retain the player's rights. Nilsson will go to the khl but why turn him into a UFA?
- Isles_since_6

XxNYIxX

Hello, my fellow Islanders people,

Say what you want about Snow. I know that we argue about his moves that didn't make sense at all. We all have to realize that he did tried to sign many players we wanted. It was the players that said no. It was not about the money! It was about the cup and Isles were no where near the cup possibilities. This year..I know it can be a difference. I liked the draft picks. It would be great to get Del Zotto and Cammarelli.

Garth Snow should be executive of the year for somehow managing to sign Tavares and keep him year after year without demanding a trade.....

Hello, my fellow Islanders people,

Say what you want about Snow. I know that we argue about his moves that didn't make sense at all. We all have to realize that he did tried to sign many players we wanted. It was the players that said no. It was not about the money! It was about the cup and Isles were no where near the cup possibilities. This year..I know it can be a difference. I liked the draft picks. It would be great to get Del Zotto and Cammarelli.
- ISLES1119

he should have and can still make trades. Del Zotto is a joke and should not be signed.

he should have and can still make trades. Del Zotto is a joke and should not be signed.
- Isles_since_6

agreed

Hello, my fellow Islanders people,

Say what you want about Snow. I know that we argue about his moves that didn't make sense at all. We all have to realize that he did tried to sign many players we wanted. It was the players that said no. It was not about the money! It was about the cup and Isles were no where near the cup possibilities. This year..I know it can be a difference. I liked the draft picks. It would be great to get Del Zotto and Cammarelli.
- ISLES1119

No no no.. we don't need another soft puck moving d-men... we have enough of them.

XxNYIxX

Garth Snow should be executive of the year for somehow managing to sign Tavares and keep him year after year without demanding a trade.....
- RoloTahmasee

Hello, my fellow Islanders people,

Say what you want about Snow. I know that we argue about his moves that didn't make sense at all. We all have to realize that he did tried to sign many players we wanted. It was the players that said no. It was not about the money! It was about the cup and Isles were no where near the cup possibilities. This year..I know it can be a difference. I liked the draft picks. It would be great to get Del Zotto and Cammarelli.
- ISLES1119

The players said "no" because the organization is not credible under the current leadership. And if you think things will get any better with Michael Del Zotto than you haven't been watching him play. The fact that Nashville is letting him go for nothing speaks volumes about him.