Barry Trotz doesn’t like to talk about himself, so everyone else did the talking for him.
The Islanders coach was announced Friday as one of three finalists for the Jack Adams Award as the league’s best coach, along with the Lightning’s Jon Cooper and the Blues’ Craig Berube, as voted on by the National Hockey League Broadcasters Association at the end of the regular season.
In his first year behind the Islanders’ bench following his Stanley Cup victory with the Capitals just a year ago, Trotz has joined with first-year team president Lou Lamoriello to lead a massive organizational turnaround.