In 2014, Garth Snow drafted Michael Dal Colle at No. 5 and traded up to snag Josh Ho-Sang at No. 28. The rest is history.
“The Dal Colle one is my fault,” Snow said. “My scouts at the time, they wanted Nikolaj Ehlers.”
At the draft, though, there was a roadblock to picking him that Snow couldn’t get over. His name was Andre Rufener — a Swiss agent who represents two NHL players: Ehlers and Nino Niederreiter. As for Ho-Sang, Snow and then-owner Charles Wang both felt the talent was good enough that the Islanders could navigate other issues. But it wasn’t to be, with things going south from the outset when Snow was caught on NHL Network’s draft feed saying on stage, “He’ll fit right in. They s—t on me, too.”
Though the Russian did not make his NHL debut until after Snow was out of the job, picking him could end up being the best moment of the former GM’s tenure when all is said and done.
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