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 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Nashville Predators' third-straight exit in the first round of the playoffs hasn't shaken general manager David Poile's confidence in the only coach his franchise has known.
Poile picked up the option on Barry Trotz and his staff for next season Friday as a reward for the best regular season in franchise history. Poile hired Trotz when the general manager started building the expansion Predators in 1997.
"Teams and ownership change coaches, and managers, for that matter way, way too much, and really for not a lot of supporting reasons to do it. I chose Barry Trotz," Poile said. "He was a young coach who had never coached in the National Hockey League. Now he's second in seniority. ..."
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