New York Islanders Daily: Fans Excited Over Barry Trotz

Since the Washington Capitals took home the Stanley Cup, New York Islanders fans on Twitter have been getting all excited over Barry Trotz.

I know this is a New York Islanders blog, but we first have to give a congratulations to the Washington Capitals. Seeing Alex Ovechkin finally lift the cup was pretty cool for any hockey fan.

Now that we got that out of the way let’s get to the real thing we’re going to talk about today and that’s Barry Trotz. Trotz, who was behind the bench for the Caps in . their Stanley Cup win last night is without a contract for next year.

He’s on the short list of candidates for the Islanders job next year, and it makes sense. He’s been a very successful coach at this level for a long time, and he was finally rewarded with a Stanley Cup a mere eight hours ago.

I’m not sure of it’s a new form of optimism found by the hiring of Lou Lamoriello or just Islanders fans getting in too deep over their head, but all anyone could talk about last night was Barry Trotz coaching the Islanders.

The culture change has begun with Lou large and in charge, so why not hold out for the best. Have faith in Lou, and even if it’s not Barry Trotz I’m fairly confident Lamoriello will find a capable guy to coach this team.

Isles Tweet of the Day

At this point Lamoriello could hire Kate Murray as coach and I’d give him the benefit of the doubt #isles
— YESUV? (@IslesWhiteSUV) June 8, 2018

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