He’s coming home.
Many Nashville Predators fans clamored for the team to bring back Barry Trotz in some role after he decided to take a break from coaching (and when it appeared he wasn’t going to be back in the practice). After all, he was instrumental in the franchise becoming what it is today.
While he was away, he won a Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals before moving on to the New York Islanders, where he took a juggernaut Tampa Bay Lightning team to seven games—so he gained plenty of experience outside of the organization that he said he will be using to help influence his decisions.