LHH editor's note: Front-paged FanPost because the site founder is a sucker for any depth-chart discussion.
I say Garth is doing a really good job, after a tough stumble this year.
Here is the depth chart (as I see it) for next year: (before anybody puts out a contract on me... they are in signed status order... signed, RFA, UFA). [Note: Chart is after the poll if you're on the home page.]
LW
Matt Martin... Signed
Nino Niedderieter..Signed
Michael Grabner... RFA
Jesse Joensuu...RFA
Blake Comeau(RH)... RFA
Matt Moulson... UFA
Trevor Gillies... UFA
C
John Tavares... signed
Frans Nielsen... signed
Josh Bailey...RFA... can also play LW and RW
Rob Schremp...RFA
Zenon Konopka... UFA
Doug Weight... UFA
RW
Trent Hunter... Signed
Rhett Rakhshani... Signed
Kyle Okposo.... RFA
PA Parentau... UFA
Jon Sim... UFA... (LH)... can also play LW.
D
Mark Streit... Signed
Andrew MacDonald... Signed
Travis Hamonic.... Signed
Mark Eaton... Signed
Anton Klementyev... Signed
Dustin Kohn... RFA
Bruno Gervai... RFA
Jack Hillen... RFA
Ty Wishart... RFA
Dylan Reese... RFA
Radek Martinek... UFA
Milan Jurcina...UFA
G
Rick Dipietro... Signed... signed... signed... signed....
Nathan Lawson...UFA
I've only listed players that have (or will have) played one game for the Islanders this year(or last). So there are prospects that probably fit into the roster somewhere next year like Kohn, Katic, Ullstrom, Dibo, Poulin, Koskinen and others. But Snow has a lot of decisions to make. The top five decisions...
Matt Moulson... re-sign/trade
Marty... re-sign/trade
Parentau.. re-sign/trade
Jurcina... re-sign/trade
Konopka... re-sign/trade
I'd personally like to see every one of those players back, but I don't think that's going to happen. Your thoughts...