I confess I have not been fully dialed into reactions to Garth Snow’s interview with Ethan Sears of the New York Post, but my initial impression — and I almost feel traitorous about this — was different from what I’ve seen from many commenters and some of my favorite pundits, including our Islanders Anxiety buddies:
Meh.
I can’t help feeling many reactions are fanned by the news drought of the last couple months, but to me there’s nothing new there and even the “Tavares doesn’t deserve fans’ scorn” sentiment is pretty unsurprising from Snow’s perspective, and it didn’t sound extreme given his role in the situation and the PR optics.