June 5, 2018, is a day that New York Islanders fans won’t soon forget. It was the day that Lou Lamoriello fired both Garth Snow and Doug Weight sparking a new era of Islanders hockey that was badly needed.
For 12 years, Garth Snow was the guy in charge of building the Islanders. There were some good moves along the way, like the Ryan Strom and Griffin Reinhardt trade, but they were outweighed by years of mediocre finishes.
They made the playoffs four times over that span and made it out of the first round of the playoffs just once.