Quotes from Barry Trotz

Use your assets in the right areas. Commit to outside speed. Don't always go into the junk pile in the middle of the ice when there are eight guys there.

In an 82-game season, you're going to have some dry spells where goals are harder to come by, and other times they're just going to come in bundles.

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

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

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

A new challenge, to me, is really exciting.

If you have to change some laws, get that done. If it's getting schools, the next generation, to understand love and understanding, let's get that done.

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

Goaltending can steal you a series.

Practices for me, when your team is not going really well, it can stake a lot of stink out of the air.

A lot of teams get a lot of offense off the rush.

I think anytime you experience the All-Star Games, the World Cups, the Olympics and all those things - those are great experiences, and those don't come along that often.

I think I'm very adaptable.

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.

The big element I think that I bring is that I am a veteran coach.