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If the first few days of free agency were any indication, Garth Snow appears to be determined to turn the Islanders into a better team on paper than they were at the end of last season.
The veteran general manager hasn’t quite done it yet, but he’s close.
Though the addition of free agent forwards Andrew Ladd, Jason Chimera and PA Parenteau may not please the masses who swear by the since-departed Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen and Matt Martin, the reality is the Islanders had operated over the better part of the last decade with the same core players.