commentary...

i am trying to catch up on hockey matters... there is one thing that i deeply want to comment... Barry Trotz was let go,as the only Nashville Predators' head coach,after 15 seasons,last week... i "hated" to see the Red Wings play the Predators,in his coaching tenure,because i knew that his teams were very good on defense,and that meant very tight scoring games,and Nashville had an edge to them that bordered on rather nasty,at times... the games between the Red Wings,and the Predators were basic war in the trenches,and with goaltender Pekka Rinne,the Predators were tougher than shoe leather to play,because Rinne is one of the absolute best goaltenders,in the NHL... he won 557 games,as head coach in 15 seasons... he is a classy person,and as a head coach,he was one of the best coaches in the NHL,period... if a team does not hire him as their next coach,it is their big loss,because i hate to admit this,but i admired him as a coach very,very much... even though,i had a very very hard time watching Predators' games,it was never because of the head coach(their announce team really sucked,and camera angles are,and were,very bad-too high up-and following the puck on camera,was basic torture),because Trotz was top of the line,period...