WASHINGTON (AP) In his first season as Washington’s coach, Barry Trotz led the Capitals back to the playoffs and guided them within a win of their first conference finals in 17 years.
Trotz displayed that same motivational ability in a well-received speech on Tuesday at the National Press Club.
The coach described his path from undersized, undrafted 20-year-old defenseman hopeful in Washington’s training camp in 1982 to full-time coach back home in Manitoba just two years later to having won more games than all but three active NHL coaches.
Washington, which lost 2-1 in overtime in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at the New York Rangers, has since added likely top-six forwards Justin Williams and T. J. Oshie while losing two-time All-Star defenseman Mike Green and veteran wingers Troy Brouwer and Joel Ward.
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