Brian23
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Trotz turned things around quickly and made them look like a team again. That said, his management of the rosters during the next two playoff years were pretty bad and I agree that he did not earn an extension prior to 2017-18. I actually wanted him fired after 2016-17 because he'd never been past the second round in two decades, and I figured if he couldn't get it done with better rosters... why should we think he could get them to the promised land with less talent?
Fully agree. I understand the 18 team will be the Capitals team heralded for generations, but I'm not sure I've witnessed a team that could full on dominate as much as the 16 Capitals. That month of January where they were averaging something like 5+ goals a game while only allowing 2 goals against (inflated by one game where they gave up 8 to Pitt) was insane to watch. I figured, if they weren't gonna win it with that group then Trotz wasn't gonna be the reason they won it and they'd need luck to get it done.