Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up

Barry Trotz, quote machine

NHL Awards Portraits

LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 22: Head coach Barry Trotz of the Nashville Predators poses for a portrait during the 2011 NHL Awards at the Palms Casino Resort June 22, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

Getty Images

Sweet tweet here from TEAM 1040 Canucks reporter Jeff Paterson (Vancouver hosts Nashville tonight at Rogers Arena):

Trotz Tweet

Zing!

The Predators should play the Canucks more often. The last time they met -- a 5-1 win for Vancouver -- Trotz said defenseman Mattias Ekholm was “horrible, absolutely horrible” and dropped this beauty:

“We’ve got some young players that are maybe playing a little higher than they need to, but we’ve got to battle through it. They have to learn. You’re in the league. You have to line up against the best in the league.

“If you’re scared of that, get a dog. This is the NHL, boys.”