Barry Trotz

New York Islanders officially name Barry Trotz head coach

Just four days after resigning as head coach of the 2018 Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals, Barry Trotz has found a gig with the New York Islanders. Thursday afternoon the team announced that Trotz, who ranks fifth all-time in NHL coaching wins, would be their new bench boss. Earlier in the day, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported the sides were closing in on a five-year contract worth at least $4 million per year.

“Barry brings to the New York Islanders franchise a tremendous amount of knowledge, experience, and success,” Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello said in a statement. “He is and has been one of the top coaches in the National Hockey League. I am excited to have the opportunity to work with him.”

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By Chris Gordon 5 years ago

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Report: Barry Trotz expected to sign five-year deal to become new head coach of New York Islanders

Former Washington Capitals head coach Barry Trotz resigned Monday. Nearly three days later, he’s found a new team and he will be staying in the Metropolitan Division.

According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, Trotz will sign a five-year contract with the New York Islanders expected to be worth at least $4 million a year.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Alex Ovechkin receives no first place votes for Hart Trophy, Nicklas Backstrom finishes 18th for Selke

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin had one of the best seasons of his career during the 2017-18 campaign. After last night’s NHL Awards show, The Great 8 posed with a bunch of trophies, but three of the four were team awards. Ovechkin led the league in goals (49) and won his seventh career Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy, adding to the titles he won in 2007-08, 2008-09, 2012‑13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16. But the Russian machine was uncharacteristically left off the NHL’s first and second All-Star Teams and finished low in voting for the Hart Trophy.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Politics reporter goes viral after freaking out to Barry Trotz news during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

Washington Examiner politics reporter Kelly Cohen thought it would be another boring day on the hill. Instead she unexpectedly went viral for her reaction on live TV to the day’s biggest sports story.

At 3 PM, the Washington Capitals announced that head coach Barry Trotz was resigning and would not return next season. For many Caps fans, this news was a total shock, especially after the franchise won its first Stanley Cup with Trotz behind the bench.

Cohen received word of Trotz’s departure via a text from ABC 7’s AnnaMaria Di Pietro. Her reaction is classic.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Brian MacLellan: Five-year term, top-tier pay sticking points for Barry Trotz extension

Monday afternoon, Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan took to the podium after the reality-inducing announcement that Barry Trotz would not return as head coach of the team. In the press conference, MacLellan addressed all topics of the job opening, including the “sticking point” for a deal with Trotz and his thoughts about apparent front-runner for the job, Todd Reirden.

Unsurprisingly, both money and term were impasses to a deal, according to MacLellan. Trotz wanted a five-year deal, at a dollar value near other Stanley Cup-winning coaches. The Capitals just weren’t willing to give that to him.

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By Brendan Doyle 5 years ago

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Todd Reirden is very likely to be the next coach of the Washington Capitals

On Monday, the news broke that Barry Trotz chose to step down as head coach of the Washington Capitals. While that may come as a shock to some, due to the team’s first Stanley Cup in franchise history, it also felt somewhat inevitable due to moves made during the year prior’s summer break, as well as a tumultuous regular season.

The first inkling that Trotz might not renew or extend his contract, once it came to an end at the close of the 2017-18 season, was when the Capitals did not allow Todd Reirden to interview with other teams for a potential head coach position. It planted the seed, at least, that Reirden was next in line once Trotz was no longer with the Capitals.

Reirden focuses on coaching the Capitals defense.

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By Donya Abramo 5 years ago

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Barry Trotz is stepping down as head coach of the Washington Capitals

Barry Trotz will not be back next year as head coach of the Washington Capitals. After 19 years coaching at the NHL level, Trotz won his first Stanley Cup and advanced past the second round of the playoffs for the first time last season. Trotz was a lame duck this season and coming off a four-year deal, which he signed in 2014.

Both Trotz and GM Brian MacLellan stated, at least publicly, that they both wanted to see the fifth-winningest coach of all-time back, but the two sides could find a resolution to their issues.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Barry Trotz wants to return as Capitals head coach, but ‘issues’ with his coaching staff and more may stand in the way

Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Final was scheduled for Wednesday night. Instead, the Washington Capitals have been wildly celebrating their first Cup win in the franchise’s 44-year history for almost a week.

Caps head coach Barry Trotz, who ranks fifth all-time in NHL wins, guided them to that championship. But despite the Stanley Cup victory, Trotz’s first, his future with the Capitals is unknown. His contract expires in July. Trotz is currently engaged in discussions with Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan.

“We’re talking about it,” Trotz told reporters Wednesday at the team’s final media availability of the season. “I do want to be back. There’s some things that we have to work out. I’ve talked to Mac. If we can get them worked out, then there’s no question. I love the group of guys. I love the situation I’m in with the team, the location for my son and my wife and all that. So all that’s in place. There’s some issues that we’ve got to just work through, and we will and we’ll go from there. We’ll just work through it.”

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By Chris Gordon 5 years ago

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After ’emotional’ Stanley Cup Final run, Capitals want to deliver ‘something special’ for fans in Game Five

LAS VEGAS — As pop music blared inside an empty T-Mobile Arena, a few members Washington Capitals spoke to media a couple hours before Game Five of the Stanley Cup Final. The Capitals are up three games to one on the Vegas Golden Knights. A win Thursday night would give Washington their first Stanley Cup championship in their 44-year history.

“We just want to get that fourth one,” Nicklas Backstrom said of closing out the series on the road. “Our fans have been waiting a long time for this. It’s been an emotional playoff with a lot of people involved, our fans. I think they deserve something special here.”

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By Chris Gordon 5 years ago

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Barry Trotz’s hot lap ahead of Game One of Stanley Cup Final

The Washington Capitals are a superstitious bunch and Sunday they continued a tradition that Jay Beagle started, Alex Ovechkin stole, and head coach Barry Trotz has now inherited.

With no morning skate before Game One on Monday, Coach Trotz took his hot lap today.

It was tremendous.

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By Ian Oland 6 years ago

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