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Islanders fire Barry Trotz for the crime of not beating the Lightning and missing the playoffs this year.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) May 9 '22, 08:58

It was a multi-year evaluation that involved him making the semi-finals 2 years in a row, losing to the Cup champs both times…

And then missing the playoffs.

The NHL coaching expectations are insane.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33886554/new-york-islanders-fire-coach-barry-trotz-missing-playoffs (www.espn.com)

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And in typical NHL fashion, he'll be a head coach somewhere else before next season. -- nm - Shaun May 9, 09:26 4
- In this case, I’m okay with that. - Will Hunting May 9, 09:32 2
  - The issue in the NHL is that you can lose the room, and you can't dump the players easily. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 10:05
  - For sure. He's got a track record worthy of being rehired. -- nm - Shaun May 9, 09:38
- You could exchange Premier League for NHL and it be would equally accurate - JD May 9, 09:28
Barry got paid, hats off to him. Did what he could. -- nm - budice May 9, 09:09

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Islanders fire Barry Trotz for the crime of not beating the Lightning and missing the playoffs this year.

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