The whole Trotz was automatically extended if he won the cup thing has me thinking. Trotz must have went to ownership and had a discussion come the 3rd round about the possibility of winning the cup and how if he did, he wanted a mutual release.
As big as it is on his resume, we are talking about him making 2.2m less this year by winning the cup had the caps not let him walk on his contract. Surely a coach would lose sleep at night going back and forth between a cup on the resume or 2.2m. I am not sure the cup brought him any higher of a salary from the Islanders as he is already a proven coach and got over the 2nd round struggles this year.
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