The family and the furniture are finally in the new home and hosting the neighbors soon is on the agenda. So, yes, Barry Trotz is very much starting to feel like a Long Islander, even if he still frets he won’t be able to recover and get to Barclays Center should he accidentally take the wrong train.
Monday night in Brooklyn brings another step in Trotz’s transition as he’ll face his former team, the Capitals, for the first time as Islanders coach. He, along with associate coach Lane Lambert and director of goaltending Mitch Korn (they both followed Trotz to the Islanders from Washington) will receive their Stanley Cup rings.