Barry Trotz

Having a wheel mentality is paramount. It gives you time and space.

— Barry Trotz

If you get goaltending above the curve, you have an immense advantage.

— Barry Trotz

I think sports is part of the healing process for society.

— Barry Trotz

It's hard to score in this league when you don't get on the power play and don't play special teams.

— Barry Trotz

Sometimes, when things aren't coming easy, you've got to fight through that.

— Barry Trotz

My father, Orest, worked as a mechanic for the CNR and he got transferred to Dauphin from Winnipeg.

— Barry Trotz

I have one of those faces that you're not going to forget. Kids are scared of me.

— Barry Trotz

That's what they hired me to do in Washington, change a little bit of the culture, try to win a Stanley Cup.

— Barry Trotz

To me, the make-up of a modern defenseman, the No. 1 thing is the processing skills.

— Barry Trotz

We're going to be the best in the league at something. We're deep in anthem singers.

— Barry Trotz

A nontraditional hockey market is turning into more of a traditional market. We're now a fabric of Nashville.

— Barry Trotz

I'm an Islander. I appreciate the ownership and the fans and the players, the trainers, coaches, all the people that were involved…

— Barry Trotz

The great thing about the Island is you've got room. You can go for a bike ride. We're 20 minutes to a…

— Barry Trotz

Part of the greatness of being on the Island is it's a smaller community; all of the players live within a couple…

— Barry Trotz

One of the blessings of Notre Dame is where it's at. It's in the middle of nowhere, but you become part of…

— Barry Trotz

I've been watching the growth of Auston Matthews, for instance. If he were playing 20 years ago, we'd be saying he's Mario…

— Barry Trotz

You make mental notes. You're a coach, so you make mental notes from matchups, to who steps up in the playoffs to…

— Barry Trotz

I have a list of stuff I need to do during the day. I try to do a couple of hours of…

— Barry Trotz

As a coach, you look for the elements. Sort of like a chemist, you want to say, 'Okay, here we have all…

— Barry Trotz

The team that can be consistent - for the most part all year - is going to be the team that is…

— Barry Trotz

The team takes on the identity of its top payers… I don't want to take anything away from the Capitals offensively,

— Barry Trotz

All of my life, my wife's been the rock. She's made the right decisions.

— Barry Trotz

There's stuff in this world, everybody pretends they understand. But we don't understand. It's important to listen.

— Barry Trotz

Cheer the players. They are ones getting it done. They are ones blocking shots, making saves and scoring goals.

— Barry Trotz

You can't take your foot off the pedal; you've got to get pucks to the next level.

— Barry Trotz

My oldest daughter got married, she had a wedding in Hawaii and a reception in Nashville, and in between I had a…

— Barry Trotz

When you surround yourself with some of the best in the business you can only get better.

— Barry Trotz

Missing a game or getting a little bit of a bump up or getting a scolding once in a while puts everybody…

— Barry Trotz

There's times I blow my gasket. One thing I learned is I don't hold any grudges.

— Barry Trotz

When you get everybody going in the right direction you can do some great things, and that's in any business.

— Barry Trotz

Winning is not easy. There's an investment that has to be made night in and night out.

— Barry Trotz

The great thing about David Poile and Nashville is they believe in the people that they hire and they stick with the…

— Barry Trotz

You're not going to go to battle with someone you don't know. It doesn't matter what walk of life it is, whether…

— Barry Trotz

For my size, I think I played bigger than my size. I tried to play bigger, which is probably why I got…

— Barry Trotz

You can be a great skater, you can have really good puck skills, but the ability to problem-solve is, to me, key.

— Barry Trotz

I'd love to go in the foxhole with guys who will stick their neck out and say, 'I'm going to deliver for…

— Barry Trotz

Anytime you go to the All-Star Game, you recognize that it's special. It's an experience that you don't want to pass up.

— Barry Trotz

Back-to-back Presidents' Trophies, I don't think that happens too often.

— Barry Trotz

There's going to be a point in time when I can go to a NHL game in Nashville with my grandkids. That's…

— Barry Trotz

Four has been my lucky number. I have four kids; it has been a really good number for me.

— Barry Trotz