In retrospect, Barry Trotz wasn’t trying to be prophetic. If anything, the coach believes he was a bit premature in telling his former team, the Capitals, they would have to get through the Islanders in their quest for a second straight Stanley Cup.
Yet the teams met for a third time on Friday night at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum vying for first place in the Metropolitan Division.
Trotz was invited into the Capitals’ dressing room to receive his Stanley Cup ring and address his former players before the Islanders’ 4-1 loss at Barclays Center on Nov. 26.