All in all, it is good that Snow is no longer the GM because it is all on him who screwed up the not trading Tavares thing. The GM is always the one that negotiate with the player and keep their relation in top form. I do not believe for a second that Tavares would have stayed for Snow and Weight because the TML does have a more competitive team and he wants to win sooner than later. Does he not? LL and Trotz plus the owners can offer him the world he would still have left - as there are just too many factors favoring TML - home town, family, good young team. Owners normally do not want to step over the GM's position and they gave Snow a chance to negotiate with him and if they stepped in and take over that may be a sticky point if they ever want to hire another GM especially someone like LL who would love to be in control. Let us just conclude the whole thing by saying that Snow failed the team and fans from many perspective - took too long to build a team to be somewhat competitive and also did not have the ball to give his friend a deadline for resigning.
Glad that Isles is not moving forward with Snow in charge and now they also got a very respective coach who just won a SC. Let the fans and team moved on and yes this team will not be good even with a declining Tavares and with Snow and Weight running this team. Look forward to hopefully the talented youngster making the team some this year and then some within the next two years plus whoever they can draft within the next two years. Trotz has a good solid system, know how to build a winning culture in the locker room, clearly capable of bringing the best out of his players and have a winning formula and this will help this team moving forward.
For fans from other teams they should know that Snow is no longer in charge and he would have been fired if not for that awful long extension Wang secured for him before he turned over his majority share of the team. Thus if you put the blame on Isles management it should be really on their ex-GM.
Do not defend Snow because he is one and only one reason why Tavares left even if Tavares tried to save Snow's face by saying that he only made up mind after he received those interviews. He said it is hard to leave Islanders because he does have some feelings for the fans and some of his friends on the team and I believe he felt some guilt about leaving the team he was part of for so long. There is just too many reasons for he to want to play for the TML. He may not have said out loud but his family is the biggest deciding factor, not just his wife but his parents, sister, in-laws and his future family. Like I said before, with Hamonic requesting a trade to be closer to his ill mother, Tavares saw first hand what is like to be in that shoe and I think he does not want to be stuck in the same spot down the road.
I heard a very close friend told me once that their own main focus is always on their small inner circle (family and close friends) and the rest is never going to be that important in how they approach life and making decisions. This is the norm for most people and I just think Tavares happen to be one of these normal people. He is human so he based his decision on his inner most feelings.
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