It’s a little bit like life. It doesn’t always go the way you want. So you can crawl up in a corner in a ball and whine about it or blame someone else. But you just gotta get it done.
-Barry Trotz
I never met Barry Trotz. The closest I ever got was sitting a few rows behind the Islanders bench for a 1-0 loss to the Penguins earlier this season at UBS Arena. This was during the time that half the Islanders’ roster was made up of guys from Bridgeport who no one suspected would be opening a brand new, billion dollar arena before the season started.