I continue to feel that this reflects way worse on Trotz than on the Caps, and those comments only make it worse IMO. He negotiated a deal that was predicated on winning a Cup and then when he won a Cup, even though it increasingly seems like he didn't even really drive the bus, the team was ready to honor that agreement and maybe even improve it, but he made a stink. I get that from his perspective, he was pissed about not driving the bus, but they were gonna let him stay on as HC, give him a raise, and possibly repeat as SC champion and he was unsatisfied.
I'm happy for him that he'll get paid. I doubt he has much post-season success on Long Island, and honestly, I don't think, as some others have said, that he'll have that long a leash. Lou has been brought in to right the ship after the team 's repeated playoff failures/missing this year. There's clearly a demand to make progress, and I'm not sure Barry's the guy to do that, especially given the roster.
And as I related note, I don't see this as being comparable to what went on in Toronto. Shanahan brought Lou in to oversee a legit rebuild. No way Tavares is signing on for that. The goal has to be retool and compete/contend, all of which feels like not Barry's forte. I mean, I guess it's similar to what went on here in DC, but I'm increasingly convinced that BT isn't the guy who really got this team over the hump. He was a factor, obviously, but not the tactical leader.
