He works for Lou Lamoriello now, and Lamoriello prefers that his employees adopt the Yankee Look — clean-shaven, hair trimmed, neatly dressed. It is the way George Steinbrenner wanted his Yankees to look and the way they still look today. Lamoriello, Trotz and Trotz’s clean-shaven face are all evidence of the Islanders’ extreme makeover this off-season. A few weeks later, he fired Coach Doug Weight and General Manager Garth Snow and took over Snow’s role. Then, two weeks after he led the Washington Capitals to their first Stanley Cup title in June, Trotz became coach of the Islanders.

Source: New York Times September 30, 2018 16:45 UTC