Islanders coach Barry Trotz speaks after a game against the Winnipeg Jets at the NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. Credit: Joseph D. Sullivan
Coaching turnover in the NHL is frequent, with the average tenure lasting under three seasons.
But this season has seen surprisingly rapid changes, with seven coaches already losing their jobs for various reasons. The Islanders’ Barry Trotz, 47 games into his second season with the team, already has been in his present job longer than 16 of the NHL’s 31 coaches have been with theirs.
“I would say yeah.