BOSTON – The Patriots’ Super Bowl victory parade crawled past the Islanders’ downtown hotel on Tuesday, and for coach Barry Trotz, it rekindled warm memories of the Capitals' Stanley Cup parade in Washington just prior to his joining the Islanders.
And, just perhaps, it further whets the appetite for the Islanders’ players to get back to the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
“If you’ve been a part of it, it brings some good memories, to see how a city can rally around a sports team,” Trotz said. “The players want to feel that, too. If you see all that stuff, if it helps you in your mindset of achieving some of those goals, that’s a good thing.