The Washington Capitals made the right decision not to meet Barry Trotz‘s financial demands at the end of last season, as the Caps are proving now, even after Monday’s 4-1 win over the Islanders, that Trotz was not the sole reason the Caps won the Stanley Cup.
Trotz led the team to the first ever Stanley Cup, he’s one of the winningest coaches in the NHL, and instilled the type of culture the Caps needed, and Caps fans should be eternally grateful for all of this.
The Caps have now won six in a row, something they did not do at all last season, and are once again leading the Metropolitan Division.