Islanders: History vs. Garth Snow: The Bad

In the first part of this series on former Islanders GM Garth Snow, I looked at the good he did in his tenure. While some may disagree he did any good at all, all can agree that his executive career was filled with a lot of blunders. Today, I put some of those blunders under the microscope.

As I noted last week, Garth Snow left his successor with a roster full of potential. The Islanders team he left them with had pieces of a roster that could succeed, and that had reached some moderate levels of success under his regime.

Today, I'll be looking at one of his worst, and most consistent, flaws. The flaw that held his rosters back, and never allowed them to unlock their full potential.

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