snow has built up a great farm system of high level prospects. right now the islanders d-core has a ton of depth. it's the coach that's the problem, something i've been saying. the islanders d has talent comparable to other lesser talented teams like phoenix but they perform worse because of poor coaching and bad matchups.
In so far as Snow's abilities....Yes, he has done a very good job with player personal acquisitions within the realm of possibilities.
No... he is failing in so far as assembling a proper coaching staff. Failing even more in not doing something about before the season slips away.
I find it amazing that most everyone sees that a coaching change is needed if even for the sake of change as nothing else seemingly has made a difference (not that there is a hell of a lotta something else having been done).