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Islanders' Anders Lee Is Refusing Donations To His Charity Out Of Loyalty To GM Garth SnowFrustrated Islanders fans launched a GoFundMe campaign yesterday to purchase a billboard in Brooklyn, calling for the team’s longtime general manager Garth Snow to be fired. The billboard would read “Snow Must Go,” and the campaign reached its $5,450 goal in less than an hour. Any extra money, the o...

New York Islanders Decline To Say If Jack Capuano Lives In Garth Snow's BasementThe disappointing Islanders have lost six of their last seven and currently hold an underwhelming 5-8-3 record. Head coach Jack Capuano is on the hot seat, and depending on who you believe, the heat around his job status might be rising through the vents and warming up team president Garth Snow’s ho...

Islanders GM On Draft Pick: "He'll Fit Right In; They Shit On Me, Too"The New York Islanders traded back into the first round and selected Josh Ho-Sang with the 28th pick in the NHL draft Friday night. Islanders GM Garth Snow apparently saw something of a kindred spirit in the much-discussed 18-year-old out of the Ontario Hockey League because now he thinks he's got s...

The Blue Jackets Turned Down The Islanders' Entire Draft For Their No. 2 Pick

The Blue Jackets, despite the worst record in the NHL, missed out on the first overall pick (It was very sad) and can't miss winger Nail Yakupov. But there was a silver lining at No. 2: can't miss defenseman Ryan Murray. People love Ryan Murray, and think he might be NHL-ready now. If you're going t...

Once Upon A Time, Charles Wang And Mike Milbury Royally Fucked Brian Burke

In 2001, the Canucks broke camp with two goaltenders: lifetime backup Dan Cloutier, and some dude. (Martin Brochu is about as "some dude" as a pro hockey player can be. In three non-consecutive NHL seasons, he got nine starts and didn't win a single one.) It was a personnel mystery that's endured to...

Now That's A Serious Looking Contract

We don't mean to imply that there's a possibly new New York Islanders general manager Garth Snow — shown here on a "scouting trip" — might not necessarily be ready for life in a board room, considering just last year he was the team's backup goalie....

Who Knew Strange Things Happened In Long Island?

OK, probably time to get into this New York Islanders mess. As you surely have read by now, the Islanders fired general manager Neil Smith and hired current backup goalie Garth Snow to take his spot. The move seems curious from all directions; even Snow seems to be receiving a demotion, since he h...