Before the game, Barry Trotz played it cool. Afterward, when it was the next order of business? It was clear the first-year Islanders coach was starting to feel the emotions building.
It will be a big day for Trotz when the Capitals come to Barclays Center on Monday night, the first time he is facing the team that he won a Stanley Cup with just last year while also receiving his championship ring. He was with Washington for four years, winning two Presidents’ Trophies before finally breaking out of the second round this past season and going all the way for the organization’s first championship.