The NHL Cycle: Weekly Hot Seat, Surprising Streak and Top Plays

by Christopher Botta

Filed under: Capitals, Islanders, Maple Leafs, Penguins, Rangers, Thrashers

Every Monday morning Adam Gretz and Chris Botta recap the week in the greatest hockey league in the world. We call it the NHL Cycle.

THIS WEEK'S HOT SEAT

Garth Snow: To be certain, the Islanders general manager is in no danger of losing his job for many years. However, the seat is hot because his Islanders, in the third year of a very slow and often unsteady rebuilding program, have lost 17 of their last 18 games. Having fired coach Scott Gordon, Snow has seen his team lose seven of eight under interim coach Jack Capuano. The Islanders, with just five wins and 15 points on the season, are already an astounding 16 points behind the final playoff position in the Eastern Conference. Snow's team will get some help with the return of right wing Kyle Okposo in a few weeks, but the general manager cannot have the Islanders' fanbase looking at the top of the draft before Christmas arrives. In the three previous seasons under Snow, the Islanders finished 26th twice and last overall once.

 

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