Islanders head coach Barry Trotz directs his players during Training Camp at Northwell Health Ice Center on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
The Islanders enter the new season hoping — expecting — to build off the first two seasons of the Lou Lamoriello/Barry Trotz era and go even deeper into the playoffs.
That means the bar is necessarily set high after the Islanders last season reached the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 1993.
But Trotz believes the best way to make better memories is to have a short memory.
"The first thing is to forget about the last two seasons," the coach said Tuesday.