For one thing, Lou Lamoriello’s son, Chris, has been working alongside Snow since he was hired by the Islanders organization in 2016. Lou doesn’t want to disrupt the familiarity his son has developed with Snow after the past 2 years. It would become quite awkward for Lou to fire Snow after his son has been working with him for a while.
The Islanders’ Owners Don’t Want To
It is believed that Charles Wang, the old Islanders majority owner, gave Snow a lucrative, long-term contract as confirmed by TSN’s Bob McKenzie. In order for the new owners John Ledecky and Scott Malkin to fire Snow, they’d have to buyout Snow’s contract.