We know now that what Barry Trotz told the Capitals on Nov. 26, 2018 had a ring of clairvoyance to it.
“You can do it again, too,” Trotz said that day in an emotional address to his former team in the visitors’ room at Barclays Center upon picking up his Stanley Cup jewelry before his Islanders faced the reigning champs for the first time this season.
“You’ll have to go through the f—ing Island, OK? But you guys can do it again. I sincerely say that. I’m going to try to do the same thing on the Island.