You're 100% right last summer he brought in Rolston, Staios, Reasoner and Pandolfo...A job well done Garth...
- kear20

Bringing in 4 players (weather they worked out or not) can not be construed as "sitting on his hands"

XxNYIxX

If you're agressive you can get something done...Snow isn't and that's the problem I have with him...
- kear20

you dont know that

XxNYIxX

Bringing in 4 players (weather they worked out or not) can not be construed as "sitting on his hands"

XxNYIxX
- XxNYIxX

I didn't say he is sitting on his hands...I just said he is doing a lousy job and he better start improving the team...

Wow thanks MSG for telling me it's Josh's 3rd straight 10 goal season!

Really reaching there.

I didn't say he is sitting on his hands...I just said he is doing a lousy job and he better start improving the team...
- kear20

But you rebutted my comment about him "sitting on his hands" which ment you agree with the comment...

XxNYIxX

This team is fine, the next step is getting veterans that are worth a damn instead of the traffic cones we got out there now. A new arena would help that situation tremendously.

If Bailey's play of late is a glimpse of whats to come CONSISTENTLY next year we are in for a treat, hes stepped his game up a lot throughout the year.

Okposo I still have faith in Grabner needs to work on a breakaway move.

what we need + what has been available + what we can afford to trade = doesn't add up

XxNYIxX
- XxNYIxX

"We, era,(think voice of mayor joe quimby) will doo aw doo dilligence and if the right scenario presents itself we will make the move, if we believe it will improve the team. Excuse me, there's fresh chowda being served."

Garth's got his ass covered. He's thinking job stability. WhereTF does he go after this? I will give him good marks for drafting some diamonds in the rough, tho, his inability to make a major trade gets him a big fat "F" overall. This team is not better than the team that last went to the playoffs. I think we have more talent but this team would lose to Coach Nolan's Islanders 2 outta 3.

"We, era,(think voice of mayor joe quimby) will doo aw doo dilligence and if the right scenario presents itself we will make the move, if we believe it will improve the team. Excuse me, there's fresh chowda being served."

Garth's got his ass covered. He's thinking job stability. WhereTF does he go after this? I will give him good marks for drafting some diamonds in the rough, tho, his inability to make a major trade gets him a big fat "F" overall. This team is not better than the team that last went to the playoffs. I think we have more talent but this team would lose to Coach Nolan's Islanders 2 outta 3.
- jmo16

That team was a gritter team. Again that goes back to Wang.

XxNYIxX

P.S. if its Manhattan Clam Chow'da .... you can not pass that magic up!

"We, era,(think voice of mayor joe quimby) will doo aw doo dilligence and if the right scenario presents itself we will make the move, if we believe it will improve the team. Excuse me, there's fresh chowda being served."

Garth's got his ass covered. He's thinking job stability. WhereTF does he go after this? I will give him good marks for drafting some diamonds in the rough, tho, his inability to make a major trade gets him a big fat "F" overall. This team is not better than the team that last went to the playoffs. I think we have more talent but this team would lose to Coach Nolan's Islanders 2 outta 3.
- jmo16

How many teams actually make a big trade every year? Almost never, ever happens. GM's are starting to realize that in those "big trades", if you're getting the best player in the deal you're like overpaying by a lot. See: Rick Nash's asking price. The Rangers would have had to dismantle their team for the present and the future for the Jackets to move Nash. Everyone here needs to realize that these "absolutely life or death trades we so desperately need" are more than likely not going to happen. Not because Snow is a bad GM, but because we'd have to either A) give up prospects we can't afford to lose B) give up roster players that we can't afford to lose because nobody is ready to take their place or C) find a team that wants to move a young, talented roster player which is tremendously unlikely.

How many teams actually make a big trade every year? Almost never, ever happens. GM's are starting to realize that in those "big trades", if you're getting the best player in the deal you're like overpaying by a lot. See: Rick Nash's asking price. The Rangers would have had to dismantle their team for the present and the future for the Jackets to move Nash. Everyone here needs to realize that these "absolutely life or death trades we so desperately need" are more than likely not going to happen. Not because Snow is a bad GM, but because we'd have to either A) give up prospects we can't afford to lose B) give up roster players that we can't afford to lose because nobody is ready to take their place or C) find a team that wants to move a young, talented roster player which is tremendously unlikely.
- eichiefs9

Nicely said... and the other knee-Jerk reaction by this fan base
"So & so just got traded from Them to Them for those guys.. We could have offered that+ .. Snow sucks"
When the reality is most times... the rest of the league didnt even know so&so was available.

XxNYIxX

Nicely said... and the other knee-Jerk reaction by this fan base
"So & so just got traded from Them to Them for those guys.. We could have offered that+ .. Snow sucks"
When the reality is most times... the rest of the league didnt even know so&so was available.

XxNYIxX
- XxNYIxX

Some of the demands for trades in here are ridiculous. I think some people just want to make moves for the sake of making moves which is moronic. My personal favorite is when someone gets all riled up and says "WHY CAN'T WE OFFER X, Y, AND Z FOR PLAYER A" when player A won't ever be traded. (Read: Patrick Kane) I get the frustration, I have it too, but to get angry over a trade not happening when one team won't even field offers is asinine.

Thanks for the help

Nanny to the rescue...can we please sign this guy

I guess here comes the ..."Bailey another goal in a meaningless game" argument. Pandolfo and Reasoner are awful and need to go. Andy Mac getting beat on a set play like that is just absurd. He looks so lost out there lately.. very upsetting. I can't believe the step back he took this year. great game by Nabby.. he stole this game for the Isles. (so nice to see Rolston on another team...and Mottau).

Nanny to the rescue...can we please sign this guy
- isles4more

We should have traded him b/c there is a very good shot he doesn't sign. I feel we have a better than 50% shot at PA. Nabby everyday he does not sign it becomes more of a long shot. I hope I am wrong.

Wow, Lucic is a (frank)ing dirtbag.

I havent seen him sitting on his hands at all.

XxNYIxX
- XxNYIxX

You mean that in a literal sense of course?

LOTS of teams sign free agents that arent what was expected.

Snow has signed some good, some bad... just like any other GM.

XxNYIxX
- XxNYIxX

OK, so you're saying you were expecting Mike Mottau, Brian Rolston, Jay Pandolfo to do well and succeed? The only one who you can argue about is Reasoner bcs he was a more consistent player before hand, those guys were done by all accounts before sighning here. Besides Streit name me one sighning where he improved the team and don't mention the "throwing shat at the wall" players and "see if it sticks" who we all know were shots in the dark like Moulson and Paranteu. The guy has top start improving this team, HE has not done that and you know it!

Bringing in 4 players (weather they worked out or not) can not be construed as "sitting on his hands"

XxNYIxX
- XxNYIxX

Bringing in four players obviously with nothing left in the tank can be considered "pissing in the wind" though...

you dont know that

XxNYIxX
- XxNYIxX

Well if he is agressive nobody is listening? I don't care what the reason is. Bring in a GM who is capable of sighning NHL caliber FA's or making a trade that can be considered making an improvement. If he can't he is not a capable GM.

That team was a gritter team. Again that goes back to Wang.

XxNYIxX

P.S. if its Manhattan Clam Chow'da .... you can not pass that magic up!
- XxNYIxX

How do we know its Wang? Snow has continuously stated and be quoted as saying he is control and this is his team. If that were'nt the case he should just keep his trap shut like he does with everything else. He has no problem doing that and should continue to do so. He should not get a pass.

How many teams actually make a big trade every year? Almost never, ever happens. GM's are starting to realize that in those "big trades", if you're getting the best player in the deal you're like overpaying by a lot. See: Rick Nash's asking price. The Rangers would have had to dismantle their team for the present and the future for the Jackets to move Nash. Everyone here needs to realize that these "absolutely life or death trades we so desperately need" are more than likely not going to happen. Not because Snow is a bad GM, but because we'd have to either A) give up prospects we can't afford to lose B) give up roster players that we can't afford to lose because nobody is ready to take their place or C) find a team that wants to move a young, talented roster player which is tremendously unlikely.
- eichiefs9

Does not have to be a "big" trade, make a trade or a sighning that improves this team drastically. He has not done that. Thats his job, thats what he gets paid to do. He is not doing his job.

Some of the demands for trades in here are ridiculous. I think some people just want to make moves for the sake of making moves which is moronic. My personal favorite is when someone gets all riled up and says "WHY CAN'T WE OFFER X, Y, AND Z FOR PLAYER A" when player A won't ever be traded. (Read: Patrick Kane) I get the frustration, I have it too, but to get angry over a trade not happening when one team won't even field offers is asinine.
- eichiefs9

I'm certainly not saying to make a trade for the sake of making a trade. Make a trade or sighning to improve a team that has picked in the top five three years in a row! It ain't rocket science, he's a GM. Its his job

Wow, Lucic is a (frank)ing dirtbag.
- NYIDRIVE4FIVE

He is exactly the kind of player this team needs

How many teams actually make a big trade every year? Almost never, ever happens. GM's are starting to realize that in those "big trades", if you're getting the best player in the deal you're like overpaying by a lot. See: Rick Nash's asking price. The Rangers would have had to dismantle their team for the present and the future for the Jackets to move Nash. Everyone here needs to realize that these "absolutely life or death trades we so desperately need" are more than likely not going to happen. Not because Snow is a bad GM, but because we'd have to either A) give up prospects we can't afford to lose B) give up roster players that we can't afford to lose because nobody is ready to take their place or C) find a team that wants to move a young, talented roster player which is tremendously unlikely.
- eichiefs9

well said.

I think however we can all agree that the Isles need to be more aggressive at upgrading roster, especially defensively this offseason and add some gritty 3rd or 4th line player(s)