A Day in the Life of Garth Snow
by Dig Deep on Feb 11, 2011 1:01 PM EST
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Garth Snow, the General Manager of the New York Islanders, has a very difficult job. His team has had terrible luck with injuries all season long and they are currently about one step away from holding open try-outs for goaltenders. Rick DiPietro, or 'DP' as he is referred to by the 12 New York Islanders fans in existence, managed to get his face crushed by the left fist of Brent Johnson and is out with a knee injury and facial fractures. Kevin Poulin was injured during warm-ups and we all know about Evgeni Nabokov's hang-up heard 'round the hockey world (and subsequent suspension). The Islanders' solution to the goalie crisis was acquiring former New York Ranger first round pick Al Montoya from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for a sixth round pick. Join me for a Friday afternoon cartoon special after the jump...
All of this began to make me wonder, what is a day in the life like Garth Snow like? I think it might go something like this:
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If someone can tell me where Snow’s frown came from (middle panel) you get a free beer. And if you are under 21 you get an old shoe.
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
The funny thing is that frown looks more anatomically correct on Snow than on Nabby.
Also, why is Montoya practicing “Blue Steel”?
by MyFavBaseballSquadron on Feb 11, 2011 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
any number of pre game, in game, or post game pressers?
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
Close, lol. It is a frown from another person’s face. Famous person.
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
George W Bush?
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
+1
Free beer. (if you are over 21)
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
dammit
im 20
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
As per the rules. You get an old shoe. Enjoy.
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
just what i always wanted
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
Soooo what about that beer lol
I listen to Enter Sandman before taking exams. I wear the exact same jersey every Giants game. The Rangers goal song goes off in my head when I achieve small successes in life.
HEN-RIK
by BombersGmenBlueshirts25 on Feb 11, 2011 2:15 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I’ll find a good home for it.
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
At least temporarily
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 11, 2011 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
And then I will set it free, like a caged bird! But more like a fish, because it will be going into a toilet bowl.
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
well put sir haha
I listen to Enter Sandman before taking exams. I wear the exact same jersey every Giants game. The Rangers goal song goes off in my head when I achieve small successes in life.
HEN-RIK
by BombersGmenBlueshirts25 on Feb 11, 2011 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
Garth Snow was a horrible backup goalie
Now he’s a horrible genral manager
by The Last Shall Become First on Feb 11, 2011 1:39 PM EST reply actions
He’s better than Mike Milbury, that may not be saying much… but hey, it is NOT an easy job.
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
why not
no one really cares what you do…its not like he has any fans to answer to
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
(lol)
I think that NYI has a lot of trouble landing free agents because teams recognize they are not a contender. They perform with $18,040,069 in cap space, and that includes the cap hits of two players that are bought out and not playing with the team (Yashin $4.75mill, Witt $1.33mill). I really respect GMs that make it work when they don’t have the luxury of spending oceans of money on FAs and for locking up their talent. I don’t think you can say Garth Snow has ‘made it work’ but he has a very tough job.
Their three highest-paid players are DiPietro $4.5mill, Streit $4.1mill, and Tavares $3.75mill (if you don’t count Yashin’s cap hit). I don’t envy the man, that is what I am trying to get at here.
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
by Dig Deep on Feb 11, 2011 2:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
yea i understand that its a tough gig
but its so much fun to pick on an easy target now that sather has shown some signs that he’s taking his meds
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
Sad part of the picture of Snow and idiot Islander’s Owner is that this picture was taken during the third period of the Islander’s last home game……..
by NYR94 on Feb 11, 2011 1:57 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
the frown in the second picture is hilarious looking
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by Gelatin on Feb 11, 2011 2:18 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Maybe they should bring in Mike Dunham as GM
He bailed out Snow against LSSU in 1993, maybe he could work that magic again. Anyone else remember that one?
Or bring in Dunham to go in goal. Maybe just a scarecrow. A scarecrow might be better than Dunham.
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
might be?
a scarecrow can at least stay up longer than two seconds and can make a save
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
You never saw that game on 1993 huh?
Dunham was the man!
by BuckarooClub on Feb 11, 2011 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
then who was that guy flopping around for the rangers for three or four years?
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
Yeah Yeah
But I’m talking about 1 game :)
by BuckarooClub on Feb 11, 2011 5:15 PM EST up reply actions
Sounds like they would need Dunham and a time machine (No I never saw the game, I was seven years old in 1993).
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
I figured as much. It was a GREAT game if you ever find it online check it out. 1993 NCAA final. Paul Kariya was a freshman at Maine, and there’s a great cast NHL nobodies as well.
by BuckarooClub on Feb 11, 2011 5:13 PM EST up reply actions
I remember that game. The Ferraro twins were on that team, I went to Maine for hockey camp a few years later and they had us watch that video of that season, that team went 42-1-2, insane record.
by MyFavBaseballSquadron on Feb 11, 2011 6:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Haha I had to watch that video at hockey camp in Maine as well, at bowdoin.
by jigblahdah on Feb 12, 2011 7:50 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Or bring in Dunham to go in goal
He did play goal for the Islanders. He is their goalie coach now, and the other night when the Isles didnt have a back-up there was talk of whether he would have to dress as back-up. Fortunately for him, that JAckalope kid Martin made it to the game by the third period so Dunham didnt have to make another non-triumphant return to the Isles net.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Feb 14, 2011 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks, glad you like them. Good to know what you guys think of them to see if I should keep doing them (or do more or less). Keep an eye peeled for tomorrow morning, finishing up the Drury Gallery.
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
how are you going to beat the “sea captain”
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
You’ll just have to wait and see, I think there are one or two coming up tomorrow that just might challenge the sea captain Drury.
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
now thats a teaser if i’ve ever seen one
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
I should go into marketing.
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
I’m a sports management major…maybe we could start something here
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
Cartoons...
As long as you have good material/storyline/voice-overs, it doesn’t matter what the actual characters look like… South Park has been proving this for years.
Tell me there's a chris drury "captain Carl" from pee wees playhouse
by BuckarooClub on Feb 11, 2011 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
With Nigel Dawes as Cowboy Curtis and Fred Sjostroms chin as Chairy
by BuckarooClub on Feb 11, 2011 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
LOL. You’ll just have to wait and see.
@DigDeepNYR
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
You don’t happen to have a picture of Drury at a podium announcing his retirement, do you? I think we would all love to see that.
by The Last Shall Become First on Feb 11, 2011 5:22 PM EST up reply actions
Wang couldn't find a better general manager?
Snow was a backup goaltender for the club, he made a good move by getting rid of Neil Smith before he could do any damage, but Snow was not the way to go. Now I would have given the job to Ziggy Palffy, what could go wrong there?
by The Last Shall Become First on Feb 11, 2011 5:21 PM EST reply actions
We should send Sather their way… He’d be able to turn it around right? He built a dynasty… Right?
by j-red on Feb 11, 2011 5:36 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Snow is doing a really good job, actually.
Youll see soon enough. :)
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Feb 14, 2011 11:58 PM EST up reply actions
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