E.L. wrote:
I can't imagine Snow survives the offseason. New owners have no attachment to him and I bet they'll want a big name.
That's the chatter on all Isles pages. I'm surprised people aren't bringing actual pitchforks & torches.
But what big name is out there? Isles fans are full of "Fire Snow" talk, but when asked who they'd like to see replace him you get a lot of "anyone!". Some want Weight fired, mainly for his terrible PP the last 3 years, but others point to him having the Isles at something like 2nd or 3rd best 2nd half in the league, while over-using Greiss during Halak's banishment, and wonder why you'd fire a guy who's doing that good of a job.
I have no idea what GMs are out there, but I hope Snow doesn't survive the off-season. The last one was the biggest of his career, and I'll give him the acquisitions of Ladd & Chimera weren't as bad as they seemed while Capuano was still at the helm, but the signing & waiving of Parenteau was unforgivable to me. Keeping Pulock in the minors while the Isles were short on D & he was tearing up the AHL, banishing Halak to Bridgeport while keeping the horribly struggling Berube in the NHL... This year was a shit show overall. Supposedly Weight pressured Snow to bring Halak back up, after Halak had a .931 save % for like a month. That's bullshit, to fuck the team and exhaust Greiss, just to prove a point to a guy who has another year on his contract. They can't re-sign Berube. He hasn't done shit to show he deserves it. No calls to Okposo, Martin or Nielsen was bullshit. You at least call and see what they want. Not hope like hell that Stamkos makes it to UFA Day. That was stupid and unprofessional.
I could go on. I won't. I hope Snow is fired, and for years I defended him. Time is up. A new GM would do this team well.