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He's taken his licks, but now New York Islanders GM Garth Snow is getting accolades for assembling a promising team using undervalued parts.

Bored by a slow deadline, you say? Entertain yourself by following the hidden war.

Darren Dreger says talks with Mark Streit have stalled. This is a fun game of chicken.

Lubomir Visnovsky has signed a two-year contract extension with the New York Islanders.

The Isles are not headed for the playoffs and it would be wise for Snow to start selling some pieces

The old grey lady of hockey publications still rates the New York Islanders prospects highly in its 2013 "Future Watch" issue.

The team had Garth Snow on air to discuss Rick DiPietro's assignment to AHL Bridgeport.

Often the butt of jokes stemming from conditions beyond his control, Rick DiPietro is in Bridgeport now. If we never see him in an Islanders uniform again, we can recall the reality of why he rose, why he fell, and why he'll never be forgotten.

The latest interviews reinforce that Lubomir Visnovsky knows what most know: If he wants to keep playing pro hockey, he probably has to do this half-year as a New York Islander.

Matt Martin's four-year, $4 million contract with the New York Islanders is a fair compromise for a fourth-liner who has shown some promise to be able to do more.