Fansided · Apr 19, 2020
Islanders: What If Thomas Vanek Accepted Garth Snow's Offer?
In 2014, the New York Islanders offered Thomas Vanek a seven-year contract. He didn't want to play in Brooklyn so he declined, but what if he didn't.
In October of 2013, Garth Snow made a bold move trying to put the New York Islanders over the top. He traded Matt Moulson, a 2014 1st, and 2015 2nd in order to land Thomas Vanek from the Buffalo Sabres.
At that point, Vanek had two 40 goal seasons under his belt, and he was coming off a season in 2012-2013 where he had 41 points (20 goals, 21 assists) in the league shortened season.