Islanders Fans Voice Opinons

When fans of a New York sports franchise are unhappy about something, they let their voices be heard. That's exactly whats starting to happen in Brooklyn. The Islanders started this week off with three games against divisional opponents. First up was the Blue Jackets, then games against the Rangers and Hurricanes. When Columbus came to town, it was a dud of a game. Columbus won 4-1, which was bad enough. To make it worse, Islanders fans were screaming Snow Must Go during the game. Oh but wait it gets better.

Some Islanders fans have actually started a Go Fund Me account to get a billboard created near Barclays Center for Snow to be removed as General Manager. According to NBC Sports, here's part of the message from the Go Fund Me page:

"It’s time to send a clear message to Islanders owners Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin. Fans will no longer tolerate the culture of losing surrounding this franchise. Help us send a message and tell ownership that “SNOW MUST GO” on a poster board within a half mile of the Barclays Center."

Garth has been General Manager of this hockey team since 2006, so his finger prints are all over this franchise. He has made some good moves with this team, there's no doubt about that. Getting the pick that turned into Matthew Barzal. Trading and signing both Nick Leddy and Johnny Boychuck. Getting both Jaroslav Halak and Thomas Greiss have all been good moves. But then there have been some of the dumb moves. Signing Rick DiPietro to the long term deal that didn't pan out (not Garth's fault Rick couldn't stay healthy). He's also traded away Matt Moulson for nothing. He couldn't sign either Frans Nielsen or Kyle Okposo to contracts. he lowballed Nielsen, which is why he's in Detroit, and he didn't even offer Okposo an contract, which is why he's now in Buffalo.

As far as this season goes, the Islanders haven't made a move to really try and show improvement. There's 24 games left now in the season, and at the moment the Islanders sit three points out of the final playoff spot. When the year started, there was so much promise for this hockey club. Now it seems like the wheels are falling off. That aspect of the season falls squarely on the Isles players. Isles management has not really done much to try and help out the team or their best player, John Tavares. JT will be a free agent at the end of the season. If management can't get something done to get more talent around their star player, he might not be hanging around after the season. If Tavares can't be resigned, that falls on management.

New York fans have no problem voicing their opinion when something isn't going right with one of their teams. Islanders fans have already done it, just look at what happened when Mike Milbury was fired. That was Isles fans causing that. Maybe its time it happens again with Garth. Look he has done a decent job with this hockey team, but decent is about it and its only gotten them so far. If the Islanders want to take the next step in becoming a major player in the Eastern Conference and challenging for a championship, this might have to be the first step in that direction. Will it actually make change, Isles fans voicing their opinion? It has worked before, so lets see if it can happen once again.