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Nashville Predators Head Coach Barry Trotz was named a finalist Wednesday for the Jack Adams Award, given by the NHL to the coach of the year. Trotz is a finalist along with Dave Tippett of the Phoenix Coyotes and Joe Sacco of the Colorado Avalanche. Trotz has been the only head coach in the history of the Predators franchise, and is the second longest-tenured head coach in the NHL, just a few months behind Buffalo's Lindy Ruff. Looking at players and coaches in the NHL, we as fans often focus on the statistics or wins and losses. It is instructive to go beyond the numbers and take a look at this head coach that consistently turns out a great team regardless of the components that he has been given. If you listen to Trotz after a game, it is difficult to tell from the tone of his vo ...

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Article written by Mark Willoughby